NEW FRENCH ATTACK
ON FLANK OF CHEMIN DBS
DAMES
LONDON, 14th September, 5 p.m. The French attacked on a five-mile front from the direction of the Forest de Coucy, at the- south end of the Gobain massif. The attack is progressing favourably, ""and 1800 prisoners have been captured, of whom one division took a- thousand. The enemy's counteraction was weak, though his front lines were strongly held, and prisoners say they were told to hold on at all costs. The,advance threatens to turn the west flunk of the Chemin dcs Dames, and also endangers Laon and the Gobain massif. • In a'simultaneous attack on the Ailette, the French captured Mont dcs Singes, and the villages of Allemant and Sancy. They are now on the .western outskirts of Vailly.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 67, 16 September 1918, Page 7
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127NEW FRENCH ATTACK Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 67, 16 September 1918, Page 7
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