HINDENBURG FRONT

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 67, 16 September 1918, Page 7

HINDENBURG FRONT

A DAY OF COUNTERATTACKS

STRONG GERMAN REACTIONS

SUCCESSFULLY... BEATEN BY

BRITISH.

(AUS. AND N.Z. CA'JILB ASSN. AND REUTBR.)

LONDON, 14th Sept., 2.10 p.m. Sir Douglas Haig reports : The number of ''prisoners captured by us during the successful operations of tho Third Army in the Treseault-HavrincouTt sector on 12th September exceeds 1500. As a .result of '■ the progress made yesterday north-west of St. Quentin our line is now established east of Bihecourt and Jeancourt. During the past twenty-four hours the enenny made several determined unsuccessful attempts to recover the positions captured in the neighbourhood of Gouzeaucourt.aiid Havrincourt. Yesterday a strong hostile, attack, in which the enemy employed flame-throwers, was re. j pulsed with heavy loss. South of <souzeaucourt and at Havrincourt the enemy attacked yesterday morning in. force, under cover of a heavy artillery bombardment, and penetrated the eastern portion of the village, but after hard fighting was driven out and the positions restored. North of Havrincourt we advanced slightly between the village and the canal. In the evening the enemy attacked east of Trescault and gained a footing in our trenches, but was driven out immediately. A strong bombing attack was launched, in which liquid fire was employed, against our positions north-west of 'Gouzeaucourt. After forcing our advanced posts to withdraw, this attack was successful!)/ beaten off. There was local fighting yesterday' in the Moeuvres sector, without any material change being made in the situation. Another attack southward of Moeuvres was repulsed. We established a few posts along the west bank of the Canal dv Nord, in the neighbourhood of Sauchy-Cauchy, arid opposite Oisy le Verg-er. In the La Bassee sector we occupied Auchy-lez-La Bassee. './ ,