BRITISH IN DOUAL.
FIGHTING IN STREETS. London, Oct. 13. Sir Douglas Haig reports: Eastward of the Scheldt canal we took possession of Montrecourt and reached the outskirts of Lieu St. Amand. In the Douai sector we arc now within a few hundred yards of the town and have captured the Fauborg d'Esquercihin, the Douai prison, and the greater part of Flers.
Eastward of Annay we made progress along the south bank of the Haute-Deule canal towards Courriers.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.
New York, Oct. 13. The British are fightjng in the streets of Douai. —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. London, Oct. 13.
The Press Bureau reports that 548 German aeroplanes were destroyed or disabled on the western front in September, and 59 balloons destroyed. Two hundred and thirty-six British machines are missing. The figures are exclusive of the heavy casualties inflicted by the Independent Air Force and the British coastal squadrons in raids on Belgium and Germany.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 October 1918, Page 5
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