ADVANCE OF FIVE MILES ON 25-MILE FRONT.
AISNE CROSSED ON FRONT OF EIGHTEEN MILES. LONDON, May 29. The Champagne attack has developed into a great offensive. The enemy crossed the Aisne on a front of IS miles. The advance averages five miles on a front of 25 miles. New troops are constantly arriving. The British are guarding Rheims. — (United Service.! A French communique states:—Thanks to the arrival of fresh enemy forces the Germans last night succeeded in crossing the Aisne between Vaillv, Si miles north-east of Soissons, and Berry-au-Bac IS miles further east. The French and British troops, facing an enemy numerically superior to them, have continued gradually to withdraw. The battle continues violently between the Rivers Vesle and Aisne, in the region of the plateaux, in the rear of which our reserves are arriving. There has been fairly lively reciprocal artillery activity in the Champagne, on the right bank of the Meuse. and in the Woevre. A strong coup-de-main against our positions in the Chambrettes sector, north of Verdun, broke down under our fire.— (A. and N.Z. and Reuter.)
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 128, 30 May 1918, Page 5
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