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l'eceived, this day, 8.45 a.m. London. September 2. Sir Douglas Hajg report: Welsh and East County troow on Sunday evening ca.ptured Sailily-fNullisol a ikii feaillisel, iiortJwast of Peroniioj a lV;cr ihleavy figuting. «. •' . English troops have d'rawn nearer Le 'Traiiploy 'and -Mureuil. where thev took a number of prisoners. . English and Scottish troops 111 the night ibimei caplured Eiencourt-leM-Cag-nicourt and positions to southward with hundreds of prisoners. , In the sectw southward or the Scarpe, the Canadians and English attacked at five this morning and are reported! to be making good progress*. In the Lys -sector (1' landers) we have reache dtliie Lys river eastward ot intakes and captured Neuvo Eglise. London, September 2. A French official communique says: There i' artillery iniiivity in the region of the Somme and the Canal du No 'd AVe gained a footing m tho woods wwt of Conclhy-le Chateau and oauijiirpdi t , Our da-vlight lwmbens flying at a lo\v altitude dropped 23 tons of bombs on enemy concentrations and convoys. Aviators also used several tenw ol thousaiwls of cartridgee against tho Gcimans.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 3 September 1918, Page 3
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