SUCCESSFUL BRITISH OPERATION SOUTH OF THE SOMME
LLNE ADVANCED TO AVERAGE DEPTH OF 2000 YARDS.
GREAT ARTILLERY ACTIVITY IN OTHER PARTS.
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.
LONDON. July i.
General Sir Douglas Haig reports: We carried out a successful operation this morning between Villers Bretonneux and the Somme. We captured the village of Hamel, and advanced our line an average depth of 2000 yds.
Hostile artillery is active in the sector of Robercq and St. Jans Cappel, two miles north-west of Bailleul.
An American communique states: Intense reciprocal artillery tiring is in progress north-west of Chateau Thierry. We repulsed three raids in the Vosges.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16895, 6 July 1918, Page 7
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104SUCCESSFUL BRITISH OPERATION SOUTH OF THE SOMME New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16895, 6 July 1918, Page 7
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