BRILLIANT OFFENSIVE LAUNCHED.
FRENCH " VILLAOISS LIBERATiED
PRINCIPAL BATTLE DEVELOP-
.Ansti'a.lian astl N.Z. Cable Aswciation
(Received July 3, 9.20 a-.m.) ■ PARIS, July 2
The Petit Parisian says that s the "Franco-British offensive was laurioh*d' in brilliant 'fashion., v The .'British j=fize'd' tlio oneiny's first defences. ■*Tne French \voSt of Perohn-ft libera'tccl four viPages.
The principal battle is devploprn<r ■am a sector-of forty kilometres, of ifhieh' the 'British ar© attacking on -twenty-five. , _ ' • % Numerous rcronnaissanr-Cfi ore- tn?---sng place else'iv-liore, especially: in the T<oor sector. : **
PForty "kilometres is about 24.8 -smiles. 1] , ■ ■ ,■ ■ \
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Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 155, 3 July 1916, Page 5
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88BRILLIANT OFFENSIVE LAUNCHED. Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 155, 3 July 1916, Page 5
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