ACROSS SCHELDT CANAL.

Northern Advocate, 1 October 1918, Page 3

ACROSS SCHELDT CANAL.

THIRTY-MILE FRONT

INTREPID BRITISH EXPLOIT

(Received 10.50 p.m.;

LONDON, Sept. 30

At 3.30 a.m. Sir Doug-las Hp.ig reports: "At dawn the battle successfully developed southward to St. Quentin and now extends on a 30----mile front between St. Quentin and the Sensee River.

"On the right we attacked across the Scheldt Canal from Belle Englise northward. The Forty-sixth Division provided lifebelts, mats, portable bridging materials, and rafts, and covered by concentrated artil lery and machine-gun fire stormed the main Hindenburg defences along the eastern bank of the canal. Despite the breadth and depth of the canal and the strength of the enemy defences, which included Belle English, numerous tunnels and concrete works, we captured the whole German position opposing us. Our troops pressed forward with great bravery and determination up the slopes of the hill beyond the canal, prisonering many. We captured Belle Engliso, le Haucourt, and Magny ■ la Fosse, further north, at the same hour."—

A. and N.Z. and Reuter