A SWEEPING MOVEMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1918, Page 5

A SWEEPING MOVEMENT.

I | Hindenburg Line Reached j I. Outer Defences Captured. Brilliant Work of Australians. I ' k " I Ji Received Sept. 20, 1.15 a.m. .n London, Sept. 11), 12.10 a.m. nl Sir Douglas Haig reports: Troops be- •(. longing to the Third and Fourth British armies attacked with complete success is at 5.'20 this morning, on a front of :h about sixteen miles between Holnon ie and Gouzeaucourt. 1- Our troops, on tlie whole of tills frint, t. advancing in 'heavy storms of rain, capill tured the enemy positions by assault, i- evrept over the old British trench sysc, terns of March, 1918.and reached and capr- tured the outer defences of the Hindena. burg line in wide sectors. >s English and Scottish troops on the right captured Fresnoy le Petit, Berthaul- -- court and Pontru, meeting and overie coming strong resistance, partictlarly on t. t'he extreme right. I- In the right centre, two Australian e divisions captured Leverguicr, Villarei, 1. and Hargicourt. Pushing forward with i- great determination, they established e established themselves in the old ad y vanced German positions west and e south-west of Bollmcourt, having penen trated the enemy's defences to a depth of >- three miles. :s In the left centre tlhe 74tli Yeomanry Division, and other divisions composed e of east country and London troops, captured Tempieux, le Guerard, Ronssey, n Epehy, and Pezieres, also penetrating h to a great depth. 0 Northward of Pezieres the 21st DiviY sion attacked over the northern portion of sector defended by it so gallantly on March 21-22, 3 Having captured its old front trenches, g with the strong point, of the Vaucellette i- Farm, and beaten oifl a counter-attack, 'f we pushed forward more than a mile bed yond this line, capturing several hundred J prisoners, and a battery complete with i- its teams. On the left the English and Welsh s troops carried the remainder of the high ground southward of Gouzeaucourt, ■f reaching the outskirts of Villers Guis- ■- lain, and capturing Gauch Wood. We captured over COOO prisoners and 3 a number of guns in the course of these 't successful operations. —Aus. and N.Z. e Cable Assoc. and Ileuter. iIs PROGRESS AT ST. QUENTIN. iFURTHER CAPTURES. /iDVANOE NORTH OF THE AISNE. Received Sept. 20, 1.30 a.m. London, A French communique states:—During the day our troopr, operating in conjunction with tha British Army, progressed in the region west of St. Quentin, between Holnon and Essigny le Grand, on a front of ten kiiumctres. (Notwithstanding desperate resistance, we advanced our lines to an average of 1 two kilometres. We reached the west- !_ crn outskirts of Francelly and Silency. a We captured Sary Wood and Foniamej Loso le Arch. Farther south we hold s the southern outskirts of Contescoiirt. a We approached Essignv le Grand and took several hundred prisoner;. Xirth of the Aisne we continued our progress west of Jouy. The enemy delivered strong counter-attacks on the plateau east of Allemant. Our er.unierattack drove the enemy back and resulted in fresh gains of ground and prison-ers-Aui.-N.Z. Cable Assoc- ami Renter. INFANTRY THAT COUNTS. COLONEL REPINGTON'S VIEWS. London, Sept. 18. Colonel Repington, who is visiting (lie British front warns the War Cabinet against relying on artillery, avia- ' tors and tanks. These auxiliary ser- !. vices are wonderful, but it is infantry j. which storms and holds positions. It [. is essential that drafts should be reeeived to enable the infantry to be proc perlv rested and trained. , 3 It was not tanks that won the battle , r on August 8. It was the grand Dominion infantry which attacked with firm intentions of succeeding. No tanks ! g slione in the supremely wonderful adc venture of the Australians in the night surprise of Mont St. Quentin. ■ e The way to ruin the infantry us .to ;e teach them to wait for someone else to ,1 do their job. The way to ruin the army is for a badly-advised Government not'to keep the infantry units up to IS strength.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ATTACKS BEATEN OFF Received 1!), 2.30 p.m. t Washington, Sept. IS. German'attacks on the American lines west of the Moselle yesterday were beaten off bv the American artillery.—Aus.B f NX Cable Assn. THE ST. MIHIEL LINE. n Received Sept. 19, 7.4 a p.m. London, Sept. 18. Reuter's correspondent at American headquarters, writing on the evening of the 17th, states that the line in the St. Mihiel sector now runs: Rounvaux, Manon leulles, Peingseville, St. Hilaire, Don>w court, Woel, Haumont, between Joulny If and Rembercoxirt, just north of Vanou dieres, south of Hampey to the old line ng east of Pont a Mousson. nd The enemy has been continuing his !X- general withdrawals towards positions which now constitute his line.—Aus. and nd N.Z. Cable Assoc. w. _________