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STILL HAMMERING.
ANOTHER ATTACK IN THE SCÄRPH
SECTOR.
Losvos, Aug. 29.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Hig reports
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We again attacked astride the Scarpe. The Camins penstrated
BRITISH PROGRESS IN ALL SECTORS:
RENEWED ATTACK NORTH OF
SOMME. Phys.
COMPLETELY SUCCESSFUL
Lordos, Ang 27. Reuter's Correspondent at Britishˆ
this Telegraphing. Headquartess,
deeply between, the Senkes and the Scarpe ad captured Cherisy, Visen. Artcis, and Bo's-du-Sart, taking evening, state:-) many prisoners.
A concerted attack, this morning.
On the Canadian, right the Septe by Australia and other Britims' 4. front Cossed the Sensee and seized Fox. troops, began at :1.45, on taine-les-Croisille and established of 8,000 gurls, northward" of the", themselves on the sky southward Some, and has been completely of the village, taking mandreds of successful. By ten o'clock, we had
apparently. overruly prisoners.
Moulin-de- Other Scots took Roens, Grebi. Frugby, Maricourt,‹ Dernižmy and Hand Hill and Gavrelle.
Trottes Wood...
We captured hundreds of prison.
English treps took Alexan Gohelle and the old German Tineers. Not the least important of the southwards of it
day's successes is the clearing
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Between Croisille and Bapaune Vaux Wood. and southwards English and New It is becoming increasingly clear |Zealand troops again heavily engaged that our pressure is forcing the determined enemy to expedite his retirement counterattacks inflicting heavy far beyond his original intentions. esults. Despite the enemy's The tallt of prisoners suggests that efforts, we stormed Deugnatre, und rearguard fighting began on the night progressed at several points between of the 24th-25th and all" enemy"
attacks since have been of the nature
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About six o'clock Lust evening determined counterattack WHE launched by the remains of the A Belgian communiqué states117th German Division:" which
After short urtillery fring we at Mini sku
kriown to · have lost 2,100 prisoners tacked last evening on front ence the 8th inst, irrespective of three kilometres north and south of
other casualties. The Welshmen fell the Tangenauck railway and pene-back, short distance before, the tute enemy positions, despite stub weight of numbers and took up korn resistantes and a counter-attack,positions between High Wood and
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GERMAN RETREAT ON THE AVRE.
FRENCH SEIZE MORE POSITIONS
LONDON, Aug. 29, 38..
Lort and Herpilligres.
Bezentin-Lugland.
Henvy and continuous aircraft fire is reported about Marcourt, thus indiciting co-operation with the infantry movement.
Southward of the Somme the Australians are carrying out what they call peaceful penetration," consisting of patrol stalking which is most demoralising to the harrassed A French communiqué states enemy. Yesterday the Australians Yielding to our continued pressure, advanced to Fontain-les-Cappy whichs the enemy to-day was compelled to only a few days ago, was the Get- increase his withdrawal on both sides man Divisional Headquarters. This of the Avro On a fient of 20 kilo morning Jeome Ausaalogo ato re- metres our troops are overcoming all ported to be sit, miles from Peronne opposition and have realsed an ad. Eastward of Amis, the battle which vance exceeding four kilometres at began yesterday morning reached its certain points.
great intensity at night when the We hold the general line infned enemy determinedly attempted to ately west of Chaulries, Pungby,onst us from the Wancourt spur
He failed and bas since steadily lost We occupy Hallu, Fronsart, ground. We gained valuable ground Cremery, Gruny, Carropuite, Roye, at Bow-du-Vert and there is a repart Lancourt and Crape-au-Mexoil We not yet confinned that we have c took prisoners.
tured, Bois-du-Sart. Anyway, we The artillery duel was lively in the have overreached the point attained region of Lassigny and between the during the long and bitter fighting Diss and the, Aisne.
last year, and this moming cak troops are working towards Plouvain retaliation The enemy's artillery, ENEMY STEADILY PRESSED RACE.
Mis comparatively weak. STUBBORN RESISTANCE WITH Croiselle still remains German
ANGLONG-RANGE GUNS and the sunken roede north and west of it are strongly held by enemy? infantry. We are following the Router's Correspondent at French policy of not forming the pace by the Headquarters, telegraphing this crifice of lives. The
evening, kaya
Lossos, Aug. 28.
gloomy and for aircraft the
The Gendan rearguarda, support is, bed.
ed by swarms of much te groe, Con- Itinue to reaut desperately but are
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GERMANS SPREADING PESSIMISE
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