SOISSONS RETAKEN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17860, 5 August 1918, Page 5

SOISSONS RETAKEN.

ALLIED PRESSURE FORCES ENEMY

BACK TO VESLE.

I NEW ZEALANDERS IN FIGHT.

WESTERN FRONT. The French recaptured Soissons and passed Hartennes and 'Arcy. TKis, with pressure in the centre, led to a further German retreat, which, it is expected, will carry the enemy across the Aisne. Braine and Fisines are in flames. The Allies entered Dole Wood in the centre, and are north of the road from Fere to Ville en Tardenois, which has been taken. On the right they have advanced south-west and west of Rheims. New Zealanders have participated in the fighting- Latest messages show that the Germans are hack to the Vesle line.

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