Chaulnes Falls.
B itish Push Ahead in Flande*s. Advancing on Somme and Arras Fronts, 112,000 Prisoners and 1300 Guns to Date. Hew Zeaianders Encircling Bapanme. Received This Day, 9.5 a.m. NEW YOKK, August 28. The French have occupied Chaiilnes. The British have reached the outskirts of Haucourt and have made a four-mile advance in Flanders astride the Neuf \erquin-Estaires road. The British have completed the capture of 1 rones wood (an important position on the Somme front), and are reported to be driving" east of Oppy and Gavrelle, east of Arras. General March announces that the Allied prisoners to date exceed 112,000, while 1300 cannon have bccu capuu -d. Received 10 a.m. General Mangin's troops have crossed the Aiiette river. Rain is delaying the British advance. The New Zeaianders form a half-moon around Bapaume, The Germans are bringing up heavy reinforcements.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 29 August 1918, Page 3
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141Chaulnes Falls. Levin Daily Chronicle, 29 August 1918, Page 3
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