BATTLE LINE OF 60 MILES
; ; PNCH OFFENSIVE EXTENDED ; J : ; ' HEAVY FIGHTING ; IN ' CHAMPAGNE : . ' .' (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright). . ; ; ''' .>:■„'-'. ■'■.'..:._., ■ London, April 17. A.fans semi-omcial message states: The Germans"massed at' least twenty divisions aud'all availably batteries on the SoissowMßeims front Our a ° va nce/reached a depth of three to four kilometres. Altogether the ■ Allies placed hors. de combat a hundred thousand; Germans in'eight days.-r^-Reuter. ;. : AN OVERWHELMING, SWEEP!. ■' '^ e V^,^ 1 '" states that, the French a i P^ Ti J G '$%*■' T** <"W«»'nS away. Hundreds of oners .arrived-at, the depots half, an hop- after the attack was launched iastwdrf Craonne the enemy : w a s .terribly, battered,- and. retreated, on the' whole line.ma,pamc. • The first line was captured by noon, then the artUlory resumed, and the : German lines: becamo'an inferno. The French advanced/-and- seized thc.second line. Westward of Craonne.the elito of the IVrench.troopSj after several hours' terrific struggle, entered the first line which the enemy.had boasted;.was. impregnable, In an. extraordinarily Violent: counter-attack m the the enemy,employed the greater part.nf Preserves. The French .advanceat some pomfe; exceeded.; four kilometres (two ,miles.and a half).—Aus.-N.Z. Cable ,Assn. . '/' uwouitH,
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3057, 19 April 1917, Page 5
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180BATTLE LINE OF 60 MILES Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3057, 19 April 1917, Page 5
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