FRENCH CROSS THE OISE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17883, 31 August 1918, Page 9

FRENCH CROSS THE OISE.

BRITISH FORCE ENEMY FROM OLD SOMME BATTLEFIELD. 9 NEW ZEALANDERS TAKE BAPAUME. \ WESTERN FRONT. Tlie New .Zealanders have captured Bapaume, and British, ti’oops took Maurepas and Lesboeufs, on the old Somme battlefield. The Australians captured Hem. After advancing to Porquericourt and Vauckelles, the French took Noyon. They then pushed on and took Mont St Simeon and Morlincourt, east of Noyon. North of Soissons tho French and Ameiicans advanced in tbe region of Juvigny.

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tion. General Humbert at ten o’clock this morning captured Noyon, and Mangin’s army crossed the Oise for tho first time and occupied Morlineourt on the left bank, while General Deboncy’s army captured Quesnoy Wood.