GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 September 1918, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

destructive hee in HOM>U!RAS.t Received September I, 11 p.m. New York, August'''l. Belize, in British Honduras, has been partly destroyed try fire. Tho Governor, W. Hart Bennett, was injurecLrsEtess Assoc.

LATEST GAINS VERY IMPORTANT.

futile enemy effort at noyon FRENCH. SEIZE NATURAL RAMPART. GERMAN DIFFICULTIES INCREASING. Received Sept. 1, 5.5 p.m. London, August 31. Router's correspondent at French headquarters, writing on Friday evening, states that the latest gains are highly important strategically. After the capture of Noyon and Chebilly, which overlooks tlie Neve Valley, the enemy tried to re-enter Noyon, but were repulsed. The French developed their success, and reached the foot of Mt. Simeon, forming the western limit of the great ridge, and overlooking the Oise, protecting the enemy's right. After further ■fierce fighting the French reached the summit of the mount, establishing themselves on the great natural rampart, on which the enemy relied to guard his flank while withdrawing his front before the attacks by Generals Debeney and Rawlinson's armies. The two main lines of defence on which the Germans have been tiolding—namely, the unfinished canal near Chebilly and the Oise heights—have been pierced. His only natural line of resistance between the present unsteady positions and the old Hindenburg Line is the Noyon—St. Quentin Road from Ham to Berlancourt. Along this front he will be able to face General' Debeney's army from the west, -but his right will be open to attacks from the Oise heights. A later message says that the struggle continues violently on the whole front occupied by Generals Debeney's, Humbert's and Mangin's armies. The enemy's resistance is particularly fierce on the French right, diminishes towards the centre, and then reincreases. On the British front the Germans are evidently desirous at all costs to protect the flanks of their retreating line. General Mangin gained a firm footing on the plateau, after the fiercest fighting. General Mangin enlarged the bridgehead around Champs, on the right of the Ailette. General Humbert is firmly maintaining his afternoon successes at Happlincourt and St. Simeon.—Reuter.

ADVANCE AT CLERY. SUCCESSES ON LYS FRONT. GROUND GAINED AT KEMMEL. Received Sept. 1, 5.5 p.m. London, Aug. 31. Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on the 31st,, at 1.45 p.m., states: During the night the Australians drove the enemy from positions eastward of Clery, capturing many prisoners and a number of machine-guns. Our advance in this locality continues. Yesterday afternoon the English troops were engaged in a successful operation northward of the Arras-Cambrai road, capturing an important strong point known as St, Serwin's farm, also Eterpigny, on the cast bank of the Sensee river. On the Lys front we hold Lacoutre and the line of the Lawe river from Ville Chapelle to Lestrem, both of which villages are in our hands. We are approaching Doulieu, and have gained Bailleul station and the hill to the east. It is known as Mont Delille. We entered Dranoutre and gained ground northward of Kemmel hill. We destroyed eleven hostile aeroplanes and drove down ten uncontrollable. Nine British are missing. We dropped 15J tons of bombs on various targets, including the Bruges docks and many railway connections beyond the battle zone. The weather prevented night flying. IMPORTANT HILL CAPTURED. COMMANDING PERONNE. BRITISH STILL PROGRESSING. Received September 1, 11 pm. London, August 31. Sir Douglas Haig reports:—The Australians captured the hill in the village of St. Quentin. This is important, as it is commanding peronne, in the angle of the Somme, at Fouillaucourt. We took 1500 prisoners. We are still advancing, and prisonering many.—Aus.-N.Z. Calble Assoc.

MOUNT ST. QUENTIN CAPTURED. THE (BRITISH LINE DEFINED. Received September 1,11.65 p m. London, August 31, evening. The French made a small advance in the Ailette neighborhood and occupied the southern outskirts of a wood, a 'kilometre f|puth-west of Conchy-lc-Chateau. The Britislyfajtured Mount St. Quentin, more than a mile north of Peronne, and movyd in th« direction of Bubbu. Our line nOTth of the Somme Tuns east of Clery-sur-Somme to the western edge of Marrier Wood, Combles station, east of Morval, which the enemy hold, ©eaulencourt, east of Riencourt lea Bepairme, Fremicourt, Valux, Rexcourt., Esoourst, which the enemy hold; Eeonst St. Meiiij the northern edge of Buleeourt, western edge of Hendcourt, St. IServin Farm, and Eterpigny. Wo hold Plouvain, also 1000 yards of the Gorman line, north of Arleux, in the-Lys salient. The line -Stegins a kilometre .and: a-half from Letcnret,, and runs from Le Cotirfense, which we' hold, and follows'the river (Lawe to Lesi trem, crosses the Neuf Berquin Road, 11500 ikitomeffcnes east of Neuf ißerijuin, Donlieu, Notteifboom, ft mile and a-half east of 'Bailleiri, east of Branoutre. We jhold Mont de Lille,—'Aus.-N!Z. Cable 'Assoc; ■ njul {Reuter.