NEW BRITISH BLOW STRUCK NORTH OF THE ANCRE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16936, 23 August 1918, Page 5

NEW BRITISH BLOW STRUCK NORTH OF THE ANCRE.

NEW ZIkIANDERS AND ENGLISH TROOPS CO-OPERATE. :■'.'•■ ■ '■■ •'■'.'.■'■- :;; "-:-' :'■','•'• •• >'. ■' ; ■•' '■-'.- ".•'■■.•:■■''.,. -■'"..';". * ':'■' '.''•'' ''••/'. ''-." ■ DEEP PENETRATION tOF THE ENEMY POSITIONS. " '■.!■''. ..' ' i- FIVE VILLAGES v CAPTURED IN SEVERE; FIGHTING. {-} High ' Commissioner's Cable. :.;, (Beod. 11.50 p.m.) • 'j; ':'"; LONDON. lug. 32—1 a.m. ; ;'l ■'■■■-:, Sir Douglas Haig reports:,-..0n the whole front attacked north of ' , the Ancre we penetrated-deeply into the enemy positions. English;. . troops, New Zealanders,- and tanks stormed the • enemy's foremost ' , defences' aided 'by a mist, capturing five . villages.'. :;7 We reached the i I . neighbourhood of the Albert-Arras railway.- There was severe fight- * ; ~ ing at different points, strong, counter-attacks being'repelled; . - . . ' Australian and N.Z. and Renter. ' :. , . LONDON, Aug-. 91. Sir Douglas Haig reports: We attacked at 4.55 this morning on ■ the ridge front north of the Ancre, ; and made satisfactory progress. . 7 We repulsed strong attacks against our new positions north of the River Scarpe, and advanced our line during tile night between Festuv bert and the Lawe River. We] captured Letouret. English troops carried out' a successful local operation on a mile front in the Locre ~, sector. , , | ~r '. ' ■ i ■ •'Australian and N.Z. Cable. Association. ' \ LONDON. Aug. 31. i, t , A. local British, attack in the Lys salient threatens the German hold on , the village of Dranoutrc, 2* miles north-east of Bailleul. Ger- , man counter-attacks south of the Scarpe, in the Fampoux region, east ■/ :-■'■■■:■:. of Arras, were repulsed with very heavy losses to the enemy. " ! '