BRITISH TAKE STRONG POSITIONS NEAR ST. QUENTIN.
SEVERAL ATTACKS AND COUNTER-ATTACKS REPULSED. LINE IMPROVED ON THE FLANDERS FRONT. ' Australian and N.Z. and Reuter. LONDON, Sept. 26. Sir Douglas Haig reports: We successfully continued local operations yesterday afternoon and last night north-east of St. Quentin. The English made progress and captured certain strongly defended localities in the neighbourhood of Francilly-Selency, two miles west of St. Quentin, and Gricourt, three miles north-west of St. Quentin, and also a number of prisoners. Besides the counter-attacks launched by the enemy north-west of Fayet, two miles north-west of St. Quentin, he also twice unsuccessfully attacked us north-west of Gricourt. The English were successful in minor operations north-west of La Basßee and advanced the line. We repulsed a counter-attack in this locality. Last night we improved our positions slightly north-west of Armentieres. > United Service • ' , LONDON, Sept. 26. The Germans heavily shelled many points from St. Quentin towards Oambrai. The British slightly improved their positions. Three German officers and 102 men deserted from the enemy west of St. Quentin last night. They slipped across the British lines.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13967, 28 September 1918, Page 7
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