BRITISH CAPTURE TWO MORE VILLAGES.
GROUND GAINED DESPITE STRONG OPPOSITION. FRENCH ADVANCING NORTH OF THE RIVERS. By Telegraph— Association— Australian and N.Z. Cable. (Received 11 p.m.) LONDON, March 28. The latest report from Sir Douglas Haig states: " Following our success yesterday, our cavalry captured during the afternoon the villages of Villers-Faucon and Saulcourt, about six miles north-east of Peronne. Further north we established' ourselves at two points on the Doignies-Lagnicourt Road, and after a short fight to-day we gained ground south and west of Croisilles, eight, miles south-east of Arras, after meeting with strong opposition." A French communique states: "We made fresh progress north of the Aillette River and east of Leuilly and Neuville-sur-Margival, northeast of Soissons, where we carried several important points d'appui. There has been a violent artillery duel elsewhere."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16502, 30 March 1917, Page 5
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