GREATEST INITIAL ADVANCE SINCE TRENCH WAR BEAF
PROGRESS OF SEVEN MILES MADE AT THE OUTSET.
ENEMY RETREAT COMPARABLE TO THAT FROM MARNE. Australian and N.Z. (Received 5 5 p.m.) r /)NDON, Aug. 9.
General F. B. Maurice, commenting on the latest phases of the offensive, says: I do not think there ha& been any battle in the west, since trench warfare began, in which either the Allies or the Germans ever before penetrated seven miles in the first advance. It seems improbable that the enemy will be able to maintain himself in the Roye-Montdidier salient. Certainly he must make a withdrawal comparable to that on the Marne if we capture the Chaulnes railway junction. The best the Germans can hope is that their reserves will arrive in time to prevent such a disaster.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16926, 12 August 1918, Page 5
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