CAMBRAI AND ST: QUENTIN NEARLY FALLEN
THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS IN FLANDERS
{AUSTBALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
■ LONDON, 29th September. The Australian Press Association correspondent learns that the fall of Cambrai is only a matter of time owing to the capture of several important points. There is every likelihood of St. Quentin falling^'as the Alließ have, gained an important footing on the eastern side of the underground canal near Bellicourt. The advance between Ypres and Dixmude. reached a depth of four miles, and yielded 6000' prisoners. ../■,/,:. \ ( .■••-..
(Received October 1,; 8.30 a.m.)
■...'■ ' : NEW YORK, 30th September. ■-■ Sir Douglas Haig smashed the Hindenburg line to a depth of two miles on a front of eight miles. . '• ■ ':•' The. British have captured the northern suburbs of Cambrai. The.British and Australians in the face of the heaviest fighting advanced in the Gonnelieu neighbourhood, and took 4000 prisoners. The British withdrew from Arleux (on the north bank of the Scarpe, 15 milea east of Arras). !
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 80, 1 October 1918, Page 7
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