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FEATURES OF THE

A TRIBUTE TO THE COCKNEY,

LONDON, Sept. 2. 13.15.

Reuters Correspondent at Bresir

Bell, Marshal Sir Douglas Svg Heudquarters.telegraphing on Sates

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The Australians have captured | Peronne.

day evening, ay

Yesterday saw fighting ontho front of the British Armies.froru th

In the centre they bitterly contesty. e as vast nesh-work of dienres. guarding the Drocourt kne.

After benting cft onemy enunter north of Voormezeale to the south) attacks at Mont St. Quentin last of Peronn. tm both fauks evening, the Australians at 5.30 this troops advanced victoriously. mining renewed their advance in conjunction with the English on their left. The Australians" soon stormed the German positions to thewest-

The battle tound Bullecourt, ale at north of Perorine and pressed though resulting in very slight ter:" Fon, while the fierce fighting con ritorial changes, has been particu

time, along the ruined streets and hirly bitter. Early resterday mom- building and curried the custering the attack here" was resumed. subtabs. The Australians "hold formatdable station redoubt, whichy: Pere, Flamicourt and St. Denis, previously taken and lost, w sat progressed on the spurs cast and re-captural, and the Londoners ad- north-east of Slout St. Quentin Onranding on a tront of 2,500 yards, the Australinas left the Londoners supported by Tank, once more bril attacked south-east of Combles, and liantly emphasised the long accepted

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SUCCESSFUL MINOR

OPERATIONS.

INDICATIONS OF SHORTAGE OF GERMAN RESERVES, On the right another Betish Divi We carried out successful minor sou wus fighting its way valiantly operations at a number of points to through honey-combed defences st the south of the Arras-Cambrai roud- Ecoust and Iangatte. Long after- We have driven out the enemy from the assaulting waves had gained their the high ground of Morval and capobjectives, mopping up parties would tured Beaulencourt and the ridge to unearth machine-gun burrows, con the east of Bancourt and Frenicourt, taining many dismounted troopers

We are pressing the enemy hard

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The story of the Australian -- cess arcund. Peroune is a splendid Between August 29th and

one.

The Canadians repuked s counter- attack against new positions gained this morning north of Hendecourt. PROGRESS IN LYS SECTOR. Progress continued in the Lens and Lys sectors. We reached Doust the troops covered seven-und-is- lieu Le Verrier and Ste. Enwerck half milles on a front of three mil

A frontal erossing of the river was and are engaging the enemy at

abandoned, owing to the strength of Neuve Eglise and Wulverghem,

the enemy, and the marshy ground. The Germans illy expected an t- tack upon Peronne, from the river During August we took 57,318 and all his disprsitions were nails

1.283 were with view to frontal resistance

buta Kelevriy #fecuted turnii We took 657, guns, including 150 movement complytely fsurprised the heavy gims and 5,730 machine-guns Germans and threw them into ucly,

1,000 trench :norlars.

confusion that at one point 300 46 The other capures included three tackers took (i) prisoners, trains, nine locomotives and nutiser-

casualties were amazingly small,

BRITISH CAPTURES IN AUGUST.

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her of prisoners taken. The policy at these incomparable fighters is to let the Docke dig trenches and to give him every opportunity for that purpose, and then to go, and bikes the trenches for themselves,

BRITISH AERIAL ACTIVITIES,

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