GREAT FLEET OF TANKS ADVANCES TO THE ASSAULT.
HUNDREDS OF PRISONERS/AND SCORES OF TAKEN. '. • 'Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. l ; '" '■ : LONDON. Aug. 21. .. . The British attacked' north of the Ancre to-day. ■ The offensive . -was undertaken by the Third Army, commanded by General S,r Julian • '3yng. The attack, whiqh was a complete surprise, was led by a great I' fleet of tanks, which broke the enemy's first lines and opened a way * into their defensive positions. / The villages taken include Achiet-le-gMfltjPetit and Achiet-le-Grand. •''.;■' ~ ' ' ■■ ; , ■; „ •;„ . ■-,■. ipSlThe attacking forces on the north reached Moyenneville, .and » ; 1 V» south they reached Bcaucourt-sur-Ancre ,«* miles due north o , Albert. During the attack many hundreds of prisoners and scores of ;."; /funs were captured. ..';■.:'■•;.■•■;.,;..•.'■' ' : ; ..' VV'' :'■:./. m£4 &, i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16936, 23 August 1918, Page 5
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118GREAT FLEET OF TANKS ADVANCES TO THE ASSAULT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16936, 23 August 1918, Page 5
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