BRITISH CAPTURE ALL OBJECTIVES IN OFFENSIVE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16925, 10 August 1918, Page 7

BRITISH CAPTURE ALL OBJECTIVES IN OFFENSIVE.

MAXIMUM ADVANCE OP NEARLY SIX MILES.

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Y \ SEVEN THOUSAND PRISONERS AND 100 GUNS TAKEN. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, Aug. 8, ••;•'":'-• Sir Douglas Haig launched a big offensive this morning south-east

of Amiens, the French co-operating in the attack. The attack, which

;;v ? was ; made on a wide front, is developing favourably. The Fourth

I British Army is engaged. The British captured all their objectives, together with many prisoners and guns. The German line was Bgii penetrated to a distance-of two miles within an hour or two of the launching of the attack. Later advices stated that a penetration of :.' three miles had been attained, and that a large number of prisoners had been taken, - ,Haner Wood and Dodo Wood, on the Amiens-Laon railway, and f the villages of Marcelcave,. three miles south-east of Villers Breton..neux, and Lamotte-en-Santerre, two miles east of Villers, were I ■■■■ captured in the first rush. British and French tanks crossed ;■':' .the Avre Valley around Morisel, on the west bank of the Avre, a mile "'. from Moreuil, where the German resistance was terrific. Later reports show that the Allies have captured Moreuil, on the L - east bank of the Avre, Morlancourt, between the Somme and the ', 1,- Ancre, Ablainville, and Demuin, on the River Luce, 11 miles south- ■ east of Amiens, with the neighbouring heights, thousands of prisoners T..' 'being taken. ' Continuing their progress in the northern sector of the battle-line, vi; the British advanced to Harbonnieres, five miles east of Marcelcave, fjv * a maximum penetration of nearly six miles being thus achieved. ! 's) '. During the new offensive 7000 prisoners and 100 guns were cap- !*&■■■ tured. BBESS ':■... ;■ • ■