DENTS WOOD CLEARED AT A BOUND.
BACK OVER NEW ZEALAND TRAIL AT FLERS.
(Received 11.45 a.m.)
LONOOX, August 28.
General Sir Douglas Haig reports: Southward of Bapaume the English and Welsh gained ground. In faw of .strong opposition we reached the western outskirts of Mors, and drove the enemy from ]/>ngueval, Delvillc Wood and Bernafay Wood. Wo repulsed counter-attacks by the Prussian Guards astride the Sommc Australians. Knglish and Soots drove back the enemy on the whole front of our attack. We gained high ground eastward of Maricourt. We captured Fontaine les Cappy and woods between that place and the Somme, tnking hundreds of prisoners. We also captured Ve.rmandovillers. Despite clouds and rainstorms a great, amount of work was accomplished by our airmen. They dropped ammunition by parachute to machine-gunners, lyow fliers bombed and machine-gunned enemy troops and transport columns. We dropped 2fiJ tons uf bombs.—(A. and N.Z. and Reuter.)
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 206, 29 August 1918, Page 5
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