FRENCH OPERATIONS.
GREAT OFFENSIVE BEGUN. London, April 16A headquarters correspondent says that the great French offensive has begun. A French communique says:—We continued a destructive fire on the German organisations between St. Quentin and the Oise. The enemy's reply was lively, in the region south' of St. Quentin. Wo continued our progress eastward and south of the Oise on the plateaux between. Barisis and Qulney-Basse. We occupied a fresh enemy point d'appui. The artillery duel was violent in the night on the whole front, including the front. After vidlent artillery preparation our detachments penetrated the ' enemy lines at several points in Lorraine and Alsace. Our detachments reached the enemy's second line at six points in the plain of Alsace and inflicted serious losses.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 April 1917, Page 5
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