REMARKABLE SUCCESS GAINED IN FIRST DAY OF BATTLE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16969, 1 October 1918, Page 5

REMARKABLE SUCCESS GAINED IN FIRST DAY OF BATTLE

MJVANOE THROUGH FORMIDABLE DEFENCE SfflEM. FRIDAY NIGHT, SPENT IN HINDENBURG SHELTERS. Eenter. ' '■ ' {Hecewed 9.46 v.u.) LONDON. Sepi. 29. Eeuter's correspondent at British headquarters, writing on Saturday morning, says: As a result of yesterday's battle on the Cambrai front,; all our objectives were won to an extreme depth of five miles through the most formidable and intricate network of defences the war has yet'produced. So remarkable was our progress that x?e brought up not only field batteries but heavy 60-pounders to the edge of Bourlon Wood, raking it before the Germans completed their withdrawal. Our covering tactics were so admirable that large bodies oLthe enemy were taken in the rear. Tanks were most useful in clearing machine-gun nests 1 and quelling street-fighting in Bourlon ' village. Cambrai now lies -at our feet dominated by our field guns. Prisoners report the greatest, confusion in the 1 enemy reserves, which arc* hopelessly scattered and mixed with other units. There is a continuous stream of enemy transports eastwards and fires are visible behind the German lines. Our troops -rested during the night in the capacious shelter of the Hindenburg system.