BRITISH ON OUTSKIRTS OF CAMBRAI
ADVANCE FROM TWO DIRECTIONS, BRILLIAK mm done by the HEW zealanders, CAPTURE OF HIGH GROUND AND LA VACQUERIE VILLAGE. 22,000 PRISONERS AND 300 GUNS TAKEN IN THREE DAYSRlßh UnmiMtaff'i Cablo. (Rccd. 1.80 ».m.) LONDON, Sop*. 80-2.80 •.*. Sir Douglas Haig reports: There was successful fighting yesterday, extending on a front of 30 miles from St. Qitentia to the Senses River. The New ZesUders cleared the Welsh Binge. Breaking hostile counter-attacks and advancing, they captured I* Vacquerie and the spur between Bonavis and. Masnieres. Naval elisions cached the southern, and the Canadians .penetrate] the ttortL-eav. of Cambrai. We have captured in three de n 22,000 prisoners and 300 guns.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16969, 1 October 1918, Page 6
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