MUTUAL ANGLO-FRENCH CONGRATULATIONS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 3 August 1917, Page 5

MUTUAL ANGLO-FRENCH CONGRATULATIONS.

LONDON, Aug. 2. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig telegraphed to General Petain paying a tribute to the ability and ardor of the French army and ttie work of its commander. General Anthoine, whose success had assured the Allied flank and had largely contributed to the day's success.

General Petain replied: "The success of the combined attacks which you directed ie shedding fresh glory on the British flag, and strengthens "the mutual confidence ef the Anglo-French armies. w

. _ PARIS, Aug. 2. A German aeroplane bombed the German prison camp at Amiens.