WESTERN FRONT.
HINDENBURG DEFENCES STORMED. SPLENDID RESULTS ACHIEVED. 1 London, Sept 30. ►Sir Douglas Hai£ reports: At dawn Hie battle successfully developed southward to St. Quentin, and now extends on a 30-mile front between St Ouentin and the Se:isee river. On the . jiit we attacked across the Scheldt canal from Belle Eglise northward.
The 4(Jth Division, provided with lifebelts, mats, portable bridging materials and rafts, and covered by concentrated artillery and machine-gun fire, stormed the main Hindenburg defences along the eastern bank of the canal, and despite the breadth and depth of the canal and the strength of the enemy defences, which include at Belle Eglise numerous tunnels and concrete works, we captured the whole German position opposing us. The troops pressed forward with great oravery and determination up the slopes of the hill beyond the canal, taking many prisoners. We captured Belle Eglise, La Ilaucourt, and Magny-la-Fosse.
Further north at the same hour, New York, Tennessee, and North and South Caroliiiß troops, und'»?r Major-General F.ead, attacked the Hindenburg lines on a front of 5000 yards, where the canal pas?es through a tunnel. The Americans pressed forward dashingly, and captured Bcllicourt and Naurov on the left bank. Fighting i.j proceeding in the neighborhood of Bony.
lii (lie centre the British captured Vil "iers-Guislain.
The New Zealandera cleared the Welsh ridge, breaking up a hostile counterattack, and captured La Vaequerie and the spur between Bonavis and Masnieres. Meanwhile the fiDnd Division secured the canal crossings, continued their advance, and captured Masnieres and Les Rues Vortes, and the defensive system covering Rumilly. On tlieir left tlk- 2nd Division crossed the caiuil about Koyelles and advanced 1J miles up the rising ground eastward 'if the canal line.
The (i'lrd Naval Division forced a passage eastward of Cantaing and reached the southern outskirts of Cambrai.
I On the left the Canadians fought forward through the defensive system coveriiif; Cambrai intu the outskirts of the town.
Further north they captured Sancourt, beating off heavy counter-attacks, while English troops cleared the slopes southward of the Canal Sensee.
I We have captured 22,000 prisoners and 1300 guns during three days.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Reuter.
New York, Sept 30. The British captured the northern sub. urbs of Cambrai.
Sir Douglas Haig has smashed the Hindenburg line to a depth of two miles on a front of eight miles. The British and Australians, in face of the heaviest fighting advanced in the neighborhood of Goiinencu and took 4000 prisoners. The London correspondent of the United Press learns unofficially that the enemy is apparently retiring from the C'hcmin dps Dames. The British withdrew from Arleux. The French ha»e reached the OiseAisnc canal The British and Belgians gained eight miles and are threatening Roulers. The Belgians captured 300 guns.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.
The correspondent of the Now York World with the American army says: All France sings with praise of a certain contingent of ne;rro troops from Kew York, who, upon their arrival in France, were green and unfit recruits. They have now demonstrated theroselver to be almost super-soldiers and many of their number have received the Croix l de Guerre. I asked their w'l.ite colonel what he thought of them. Ke said: "They are just as good soldier material as fte United States can produce. They have faced every hellish Hun contrivance and done everything demanded of them, and they have come through with colors fly;ng and their spirits high. I have not seen better soldiers in this war than these negroes French officers are delighted with them."—Aus. X.Z. Cable Association. London, Sept. 30. An American communique says: We continued to meet determined enemy resistance. The Germans were forced to bring up reserves from other parts of the front. We repulsed heavy counterattacks between Cierges and the Aire valley.
FRENCH PUSH FORWARD. SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS London, Sept 30. A French communique reports: South of St. Quentin we attacked on the front Urvillers to Cerisy, and ejected the desoerately resisting enemy from these vila«ep, which are in our possession.
Between the Ailette and the Aisne we advanced to-day two kilometres on both sides of the Chemin des Dames, and occupied Pargny-Filain and the Filain-Ostel lines
On the Champagne front the troops, following up their attacks, obtained important results and captured on the right "f Bouconville, enlarging their positions north thereof. Westward we carried Mont Cuvelet. despite bitter enemy resistance.
The French, pushing forward, carried Sechault and advanced two kilometres beyond in the direction of Challerange. Further west we captured Mount Fauselles and Vieux and carried our lines to the southern outskirts of Aure. On the left we penetrated St. Marie-a-Py. Our airmen bombed assemblages of troops in the battle zone. Groups of 50 machines twice attacked the reserves preparing counter-attacks near Marvana and Lcry. Fifteen enemy aeroplanes ajid rhree balloons were brought down. —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc and Reuter.
REPORTED CAPTURE OF ROULERS. MOVING ON LILLE. New York, Sept. 30. The United Press London correspondent learns authoritatively that the Belgians have captured Roults. The British have captured Gheluvslt and are nearing the outskirts of Menin, by which idvance Lille is endangered.—Aus. N.Z. Pabla Assoc.
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