DETAILS OF THE FIGHTING.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 5 August 1918, Page 5

DETAILS OF THE FIGHTING.

FRANCO-BRITISH ADVANCE OVER I DIFFICULT COUNTRY. (Received Aug. 3, 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 2. Reuters French headquarters' correspondent, writing late on Thursday evening, says: Anglo-Scottish troops co-operated in the French attack on the Plessier Huleu— Fere-en-Tardenois sec Lor. The infantry attacked at four in the morning, aided by squadrons of light tanks, which were very useful. The region is one of deep valleys and I steep hillsides, and the enemy resisted I strongly. JSvery thicket hid a machine > gun, and the woods and villages were I mi organised fortresses, which must ! be outflanked and taken singly. Nevertheless the Allies had advanced considerably by six o'clock, and an important hill, No. 205, a mile northeast of Grand Rozoy, was taken two hours later. The Anglo-French battalions have taken up new positions on the captured ground. The Germans deiended mainly by machine guns and made little use of ' big guns. They counter-attacked j heavily further north against the'! Scottish at Buzancy, but our troops held magnificently.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. |