COMBLES CAPTURED.
British Smash Hindenburg Line. Rolling up the German Front. GERMANS ANNOUNCE FALL OF PERGNNE. Received Thi3 Day, 9 a.m. NEW YORK, August 30. The British have captured Combles, ofte of the most important centres on the Sonime front, and have penetrated several miles beyond. The British, East of Arras, have gained two thousand yards, and have captured FJemcourt and Hindecourt-les-Cagni' court. They have also taken Clery-snr-Somme and Le Transloy. The New Zealanders captured Bapaume. Received 10 a.m. The British armies have smashed the Hindenburg line south-last of Arras, and are now beginning to roll up the German armies on the Picardy front. Receive.. This Day, L' 1.25 p.mWireless German official : Fighting occurred in front of our Haw lines eastward of Bapaume, Peronne and Noyon.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 31 August 1918, Page 3
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126COMBLES CAPTURED. Levin Daily Chronicle, 31 August 1918, Page 3
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