A STRONGER DEFENCE.
LONDON, May 31. <;n the Soissona-Rheims front the- Al- >■■; now seem fro. bo holding the C6f- :-.: :.o' jiish more firmly. Reserves are . -riviii|4 m greater numbers. The ';'aiiaeuburgers, who captured Soisr ■-^(■j, have not yet been able to widen ;'■.-I'Lur cho' German front of advance .-: ihti west, where they are being :.. ■ Id ay, llh> outlets of the town. From .■■•-.ii.iuiiij this battle line runs south-oast u>e 'Paris railway through.the Ourcq, . v.lie.v. in the Fere-en-Tardenois re.■oii tiie enemy advanced 18 mites in .^i tiuys. From Fere the French, and >:lusii troops are making a firm stand •■jug the. high wooded ground running ■.■■jrih-wusb toxvai;ds .liheims • .through '^•oiiiet to Thiiiois. '«■... ' LONDON, May 31. -Mr J. 31. Campbell writes:—Another '..,£ advance was made on Wednesday :. giiu .The Anglo-French troops are .•.-.,^ding determinedly north-west of '••.ijf.i;»i», and the French arc success- ■,:!!,;, ytopping further progress in the ■reciioii oi' Campiegne, but between '-eso two points the enemy steadily ■■:;shed. forward towards the Marne, '.ivancing some miles at various >jiacs.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 9309, 1 June 1918, Page 6
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166A STRONGER DEFENCE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 9309, 1 June 1918, Page 6
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