CAVALRY ADVANCES ON LE CATEAU AT FULL GALLOP.
mm REARGUARDS COMPELLED to TURN and fight.
United Service.
LONDON. Oct. 11.
Mr. W. Beach Thomas, of tH Daily Mail, writes: The most interesting sight in our wonderfully rapid advance was the pavalry's 'sweep along the Roman road from Vermand to Le Cateau, capturing the outer defences at' full gallop, then advancing, more slowly into the outer suburbs, where enemy machine-guns punished the horses.
The Sixty-sixth Division assisted the cavalry to capture the outskirts of the town. Continuous pursuit and open fighting compelled the enemy rearguards to frequently turn and fight. Le Cateau is in a fair state of preservation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16980, 14 October 1918, Page 6
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