CHAMPAGNE DEFENCES
ENEMTS STRONGEST; POSITIONS.
. ■"■■> (REDTEtI'S TEt'EORAM.) '■,': (Received September 30, 8.30 a.m.)
: LONDON,..2BtH September,:,. Reuters correspondent: at French pead- . quarters writes : "We have, now. arrived at the. enemy V main, line of -resistance; -which is hardest, around Somme-Py,' on the River Py. The arrival of the infantry on the river marks the successful termination of the first phase,'of."the attack.; which is being pressed -with unremitting vigour. The. advanced Mas made over five or six miles, of extra-'j ordinarily difficult' ground. The loss of the series of hills in the" vicinity';cbst' the Germans most heavy losses in killed, besides nearly eight thousand prisoners.. The chain of positions.captured is exceedingly strong,, the French, having to; storm a naked wall of bluffs which the enemy had been-fortifying for years, and of which "every inch'had been trenched. By noon the French had crossed thirty lines of trenches. •■: The hardest fighting.; was round Tahure. Thei French ."75's"and 6-inch guns played a, most important]! part in. the battle; \ being: brought to within a few thousand yards of the front , in astonishing- numbers, Amperceived by the'enemy.'*....'.,, '..•'"•.' '..'■'.'.' .'• :::...:.]
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 79, 30 September 1918, Page 7
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179CHAMPAGNE DEFENCES Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 79, 30 September 1918, Page 7
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