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THE WAR.

THE ENEMY'S RETREAT IN FRANCE.

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(Reuter's Service to the Chino Mail)

BRITISH TAKE 40 MORE

VILLAGES.

Losbos, March 19. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports :----

GOOD PROGRESS BY THE

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AN ENEMY CONVOY CAPTURED-

LONDON, March 19.

A French communique reports ads are beyond Ham, on the Somme, and Chaury During the day our troops advanced

ou the Vise.

We hold numerous localities in both places.

Our pursuit, continues.. Our cavalry advanced driving back the enemy's rearguards and bave gained ground to a depth of two to eight miles. Forty more villages have been taken.

Our cavalry, operating several One trenches were ided in the kilometres north of Ham, captured a neighbourhood of Loos and Ypres. A convey retiring in the direction of St. few British are missing.

Quentin Our advance at this point bas

Our seroplanes, co-operating with our attained a depth of 35 kilometres. infantry, did much valuable work.

THE FROGRESS DESCRIBED.

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Our detachments south of Chauny, have reached the line of Aidette-Soissons, and entirely relieved the enemy

pressure

To the north east of Crouy pur

EQUINOTIAL GALES IN FRANCE.advanced elements progressed along the Mapberge road. About 20 villages and small towns were liberated during the day. Before retiring the enemy inid waste the country. Fruit treas were cut down or torn up by the roota; fields

LONDON, March 19. Router's Correspondent at Head quarters telegraphing to-day says the slowing down of the retreat is probably dae to the equicotial-gales which" aro were destroyed by mines, the roads and

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Despite the tempestuousness of the weather we have made considerable

progress.

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numerous

We recaptured almost all of tho OUR NEW LINE.

trenches on the left bank of the Mense Followed roughly from South of Arras in which the enemy had penetrate our new front runs through or on the The Sylting continues fringe of the following places: Beaurains. LATEST NEWS FROM FRENCH- Merestel, Boirey, Bacquerell, Tsezelleş» *... St.. Leger Moiry, Vaulx, Braucourt, Beigur Haplincourt, Barnstre. Bus,' Lechelle, Etrincourt, Maislains, Peronne,

Daight, St. Christ, lauyense undi Canizy to the neighbourhood of Ham on the eastward bend of the Somme.

The British front from Arras to

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LATER.

A French comuniqué 'states There has been little change during the night from the Avre to the Ane. Chur advanced elements progresseri slightly and continue to nxiintain :

intact with the enemy.

Nesle has now lost the character of 1 The advance has become mora defence line and has streamed forward diffent; owing to the destruction of in an elusive contour of open warfare.

all ineuns gf communiention and bad The most striking illustration of the weather.

rapicity of the advunes during the past two days is the fact that our patrole got astride the railway and the road between Arrps and Bapaume in various places

resistancs.

The great Le Transloy-Hebuterne- Arra salient has disappeared. The railway and the road is much damaged brought down. but communication can quickly bej THE ENEMY'S PRECIPITATE

WITHDRAWAL

pugne has ended without, infantry. The artillery struggle. in Chum-

operations."

Our fire heavily repulsed Gerraan without encountering any attacks between Avocourt Wood and

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restored. "

Two Tenergy aeroplanes were

The correspondent quotes the A military eye-witness, describing the interesting fact that we are now German retreat, says there are signs practically holding the line that General everywhere of precipitate withdrawal. Joffre chose in the attempted but There were stirring humn scenes when unsuccessful French stand during the the Frensh cavalry entered Neale on the great retreat. The fewness of mipers 15th inst. All the inhabitants, somu machine-gup teams and explosive trapa 2,000 in number, lined the streets and testify to the breaking down of the acclaimed them wildly. obatractive enemy tactics, owing to the mobility of

i our advance.

A French aviator was the first to arrive at eight in the morning, descend- ing when he sighted the French dag. fying from a house-top.

ROADS MINED AND HOUSES PILLAGED

WORK OF THE AIRCRAFT.

Our airmen are rendering invaluable service notwithstanding the francie counter efforts to restrict observation. The cross-rodds outside Boye were The aeroplanes are swooping down to mined and are now gaping, holes filling within close range of the Uhland, with water from the Avre. All the houses. emptying the drums of their, Lewis were savagely pillaged, only a mattress guns among the horsemen

chair sad table being left for each THE POISONING OF WELLS inhabitant, but the Louses are standing, Bapaume and Feronne are largely off, but they explained.The German The inhabitants, expected to be married gutted and there is accumulating did not expect you yet." All the trees evidence of poisoning sullying the water and baystacks were destroyed. There wupplies, but the process of purifications not a bundle of sim anywhere. is a comparative simple business.

The latest news shows that the Arras Peronne front is swinging round to-day like the alteration of a clock's hands from five o'clock to half past for The Germaans have been falling back bahingnitted by wireless, reports Hondecourt which is nearly ten miles to There have beed infantry and

LATEST GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, fiarch 20,- German official message, trans

the south-east of Arras and only two cavalry engagements in the aban- miles from the whiff road to Cambridonea districts on both sides of the Somine and the Oise The enemy

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suffered berry lossen.

One significant episode of the retreat | We. was that just before Nesla was STDEUS!

the soldiers begg

the

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without foods

puised violent attack

the lelt bank of the Meise

planes.

rought down thirteen sexpr

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