BELLOY AND ESTREES CAPTURED
FRENCH EASILY MASTERS OP THE AIR. PERONNE-CHAULNES RAILWAY DO^nNATEID. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) PARIS, July 5. A- communique states that' the French sector north- of the Somwue is calm. South of 'the Sommo, in: s£_ite of bad weather, we extended our positions towards the east and' south. "Wo captured the woods between Aseevillers a'nd Barleaux, and also the "village of Belloy-en-Santerre. 'We captured .Estrees, except for an, isolated portion; which the Germans a,rt> holding. We took 500 prisoners at Estrees alone. Our aircraft foamtbed Longuyon station some cantonments at Challerange and Savigny, and military establishments at Laon. A semi-official l message records .the Temarkahle fact that since July .Ist no enemy airmen have been able fo cross the French lines. As aircraft, are the eyes of the artillery, we have blinded the 'enemy. • The French 'are three tmiles fiona Peronne-Chaulnes railway from.' the plateaus of Flaucourt. We shelled the station, interrupting •German communications. This will' probably comipel the enemy to fall back beyond the iScwxiimc.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 6 July 1916, Page 5
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