ANCRE ADVANCE CONTINUES
SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S TRIBUTE TO THE ARMY. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Renter.) LONDON, Nov. 16. Sir Douglas Haig reports that we further advanced onr . front northward of the An<~ -e. The prisoners now total 5678. The troops have shown conspicuous p skill, dash, and fortitude. The fiyceca w-as not won without a hard struggle owing t 0 the enemy's strong resistance L and the condition of the ground, but .-»ur losses, considering the gains, were nothigh. ' - - One division advanced a mile, taking ICCO -prisoner*"- 'at the expen-te of 4cC casualties. We are established in the positions won on Tuesday eastward of the Butte de Wsrlen court. Out* artillery dispersed enemy forces ■ which were massing at one point for a counter-attack. Aeroplanes successfully attacked an aerodrome and railway stations and rolling stock.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 17 November 1916, Page 5
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