GREAT CAVALRY FEAT
THE CAPTURE OF HARBONNIERES
HORSEMEN SWEEP TO THE
REAR.
(AUSTtULIAN-NBW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received August IS, 1 p.m.)
LONDON, 14th August.
Tho first detailed accounts, of the participation of the cavalry in the early stage of the battle state that the capture of Harbonnieres was a notably dashing feat. 1 The village was strongly defended with machine-guns, and a direct attack was useless. The cavalry was ordered to make a wido detour with a view to reaching Vauvillers, behind Harbonniei'es. The plan succeeded almost without a casualty. Vauvilliers .was seized with 700 prisoners, and Harbonin'eres, thus takeii in tho rear, was easily captured. '
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 40, 15 August 1918, Page 8
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106GREAT CAVALRY FEAT Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 40, 15 August 1918, Page 8
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