SPLENDID FRENCH PROGRESS

Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1918, Page 5

SPLENDID FRENCH PROGRESS

MANY VILLAGES TAKEN. Received July 29, 5.35 p.m. London, July 20, 2 a.m. A French communique states: North of the Marnc we continued to advance in the region of the Onrcq, notwithstand-' ing the resistance of the enemy, who attempted to prevent our passage over t the river. We succeeded in throwing ( back advanced elements to the right s bank. We entered Fere-en-Tardenois. i North-east of the forest of Riz we i reached Champboisy. Our troops on the right captured f Authenay, Clizy, and Violine, and < brought the line appreciably near the p Rheims-Dormans road. ! In the Champagne, two enemy at- i tempts, preceded by bombardment, in < the region south of the hills, were re- < pulsed, , An American official message states: < W T e continued our pursuit northward of 1 the Marne, and, despite determined rear- I guard actions, we crossed the Ourcq and i captured Seringes, Et Nesles, Sergy, and i Roncheres.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc, and i Reuter. , London, July 28, 10 p.m. , Sir Douglas' Haig states there is noth- i ing to report. Low clouds and rain pre- J vented flying in the daytime. Bombs , were dropped at night-time on hostile billets and hutments in the vicinity of , Rapaume.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc, and i Reuter.. NEW ZEALAND "CANNIBALS." ' HOW. THE GERMAN TROOPS ARE J "DOPED." ; Received July 29, 10.5 p.m. ' ' London, July 29. j Mr. Philip Gibbs writes that English, ~\ Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand , troops are sharing the raida with a | view to discovering the enemy dispositions and damaging the lines, we taking numerous prisoners. We find the Germans are being "doped" with stories regarding the brutal way in which the British treat prisoners. iEven Germans of normal intelligencee believe the fantastic allegations. As an example the New Zealanders brought in prisoners from the raid. They were amazed at the terror of the Germans, •which only disappeared when they were well fed and kindly treated, as is the invariably custom. The Germans then confessed ' that their officers said the New Zea- ' landers were cannibals, who first offer ! cigarettes and then eat the prisoners. ' The New Zealanders noticed the Ger- ] mans first used the cigarettes. The New • Zealanders hugely enjoyed the joke at ! the expense of their reputation, though ' staggered by the credulity of the German soldiers.—'Press Assoc,