THE FRENCH ADVANCE.
n A CONVOY CAPTURED. ENEMY LAYING WASTE THE COUNTRYSIDE. Received March 21, 1 a.m. London, March 20. A French communique states:—During the day our troops • advanced beyond Ham on the Sommo, and Chaulny, on the Oise. We hold numerous localities between both. Our cavalry is operating for several •kilometres north of Ham, and captured a convoy returning in the direction of St. Quentin. Our advance a.t thi3 point attained it depth of !I5 kilometres. Our detachments south of Chaulny reached .he line Aidette-Soissons. rnd entirely relieved the enemy pressure north-east of Crouy, Our advance elements progressed along the Maubeuge road. c About 20 villages and sma)l towns were liberated during the day. Befqre retiring the enemy laid waste'the country. Fruit trees were cut down and the roots torn up, the fields were destroyed, the roads were mined, and bridges demolished. Numerous villages were incinerated. " The shelterless and. starving inhabitant were fed by the Freiuth troops. There #as violent artillerying in the Champagne. AVe re-captured almost all the trenches on the left bank of the Mouse, wherein, the-enemy penetrated. [ .''he fighting continues.
RAPIDITY OF TH£ ADVANCE. ALLIES' FRONT SWINGING ROUND. GERMANS FALLING BACK STILL. Received March 20, 10 p.m. London, March 20. Reuter's correspondent on the British front Bay? the most striking illustration of the rapidity of the advance of the past, two days is the fact that . out patrols got astride of the railway and road between • Arras and Bapaume in various places without encountering resistance; The great Le Transloy-Hebuterne-Arras salient has disappeared. The railway and road are much damaged, but communication caa quickly be restored. We are now practically holding the line General,Joll'ie chose in his' attempted unsuccessful French htai.d during the great retreat. The latest news shows ihst (he ArrasPeronne front is swinging round to-day like altering a clock's hands from fivo to four-thirty. The Germans have faUra behird Hendecourt, nearly ten nrles south-east of Arras, only two miles from the mala road to Cauibrai.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 March 1917, Page 5
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