BRITISH CAPTURE A FORWARD POSITION.

Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 153, 30 June 1917, Page 5

BRITISH CAPTURE A FORWARD POSITION.

TRENCHES SUCCESSFULLY

RAIDED.

CAus. and N.Z. As<=n. nn<l Rputr>>,) . ' (Received June 30, 0.55 p.m.). JjONDON, June 29. Sir Dbuglas Haig reports". We attacked and . captured last evening, a forward position <ori a front of two thousand yards to the southward attd westward "of Op_py. We gainedCthe whole of our .objectives. , ■ , , We continue to gain ground south-,-\varrt of tho S'oiichez River cyan wide front. We havff entered Avion. _ We repulsed a raid northwards, or Cherisy, and mccessfully rinded trenches south-east of Loos.