LATE WAR NEWS.

Evening Star, Issue 16847, 24 September 1918, Page 8

LATE WAR NEWS.

(Australian and N«w Zealand Gable Association and Renter..) LONDON, September 20.. Sir Douglas Haig reports ; in the course of successful minor operations on Sunday at several points English troops captured a strong point in the neighborhood of Roiisseybong (?) road, and, a counterattack was repulsed with heavy enemy losses. Wo also progressed in the direction of Tohibois Farm (west of Lo Catelet.). We captured a group of strongly-held trenches and a strong point at Sana - , north-west of Vcnduille (close to Le Catelet i. English troops eastward of Gavrcllc (north-cast of Arras) progressed threequarters of a mile on a mile front. The enemy, under a heavy barrage, penetrated oiu line at Bcrthaucourt (four miles north-west, of St. Quentin) at one point, but onr counter-attack re-established our positions. French communique : In the region south of .St. Quentin we continued _ to advance last night, and penetrated the woods north of Ly iontainc. \\b carried Dio icrxt and village of Vendcuil, and pushed on to the Disc, tjut reconnaissances took prisoners north of tho Aisno. In the Champagne, towards Batto du Mesnil, we repulsed enemy raids, also north of tho Yesle Rn<l Fait- 1 t ine°cor,■ inuniquc ; Having seized the passages of the Jordan at Jisi-el-Dauiieli on Sunday morning the enemy’s last, avenue, of escape westward ox Luo river was closed. The .Seventh and Eighth Turkish armies have mtuuilv ceased to exist. Their entire transport has houi captured. Ly Q O'clock ycflerckiv 25,000 prisoners and 250 gnus had been counted, bid many ptisoavn aud uni- i mater ml have not yet been enumcraum.

Frew AiW-Mmtm-By Telegraph— Copyngav—uuiioa WASHINGTON, September 25. Ths Buena Ventura, an army cargo vessel,, was torpedoed off tho coast o| Spain pa Friday* and 23 of has crew aw mustang.