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THE WAR.

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THE GREAT DRIVE.

BRITISH AND FRENCH PROGRESS.

(Reuter's Service to the Chino Mail. I

BRITISH ENTER PERONNE.

BRITISH TROOPS IN SPLENDID SPIRITS.

Losmos, March 18. Beuter's Cure gomleft at the Fitish Leadsets reports that th, British fuse entered Perenne, LATES Roter's Citrespondent at British Hembjtarters, wiring to-day

BIG DRIVE BY THE FRENCH..

A French vorimuniqué states On The selle front between Aanlechy and the Oise the oporny. refusing battle, abandoned under out pre-ure powerfully and scientifically dortidest lines which is bad ovenpied

Two VUMPA,

Our advare?" "to-day continued rapidly. Our patrols entered Roys, pursuing the erony, who blew up press-picks, ærtel streeta.. Eight hun. and inhabitants, whom the Ger tans bed no time to remove, ovateď

the treme

The German retreud has been can sinus throughout the night and the area covergl thereby is spread

We also occupied Lassicgy and Cory widely." News ims just arrived roishof and passed to the uamhast that our troops are entering Peronnes of the Boy-Noyon cul ut severk

Favoured by fine weather which is points,

| daying the grind, our volumes are eyerywhere, pressing the retiring cremy. The scenes of activity behinubabe lines gelip gen the busiest days of the Samme offensive, The spirit of the tips is pr of dean.`ta vive enthusiasmi,

BER

Recorder

Dernancomelő

Viller

SKAT:

Touca

The prisoners taken during thơ pursuit lave not yet besti counted.

"Ühere is severe (artillery activity in hampagne end on the right bi The Mets.

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As a reprisal for the burning of Bapaume, a French aeroplane to-dag Ben.bed Prankfur-on-the-Main...

"MAP SHOWING THE AREA OF THE BRITISH OFFENSIYE.

(Peronno, which the British troops have just entered is in the right-hand corner. only half the word being printed.) THE IMPORTANCE OF BAPAUME

LATE A further French communiqué states:

Toyoos, March 18, The fall of Bapaume is the climax between the Avro and the Oise and

We bags made important progress. of the battles of the Somme and the have taken possession of the whole

Anort

Colonel Mombt, one of the most of the ground between our old lines and the Roye-Troyon road from. notable of German writers on the]

war, writing five months ago de- Dumery to Lagny Height

little Lively engagements with detach

M

serited Bapaume as Gibraltar and said it would be inents of the ensay's rorguards ended in our favour, nowing checking esaler for the Spaniards to captur Gibraltar thun for the British and the pursuit to north of the Troyon

road. French to take Bapaume."

There have been patrol encounters The place is the centre of great in the Rheims region und north of roud With these commended by

Seicheprey und soverul enemy the Britisis, the further retreat of the Germans across the plain stretching attempts at Canne on our trenches into Belgium will be most difficult only resulted in chemy losses.

We took prisoners. and certainly it will be on a mixb bigger scola than hitherto now that the French are making their preasure

Bapaumas is the ficat big town captured

by the Allies on the west since the king of Am the port of the Marna Iis full was ingvir- able when the Germans were expelled fota Grevillers and Louparts Wood

Pour arroplanes were brought down including Lieutenant Guyday mer'a Both. We brought down bear,

the 16th inst

TeacherYes, the ruler of Russia is called the Tear. Now what is the ruler of Germany called

Young Bill Please miss, I knas what, me father, called him, but I don't like to tell you.