T HE BATTLE FOR CAMBRAI.
100,000 PRISONERS TAKEN.
k6i: •-:.:.;■,-;>- '■;,;. •LONDON,- Sept,-30. ebrrespdndeht of the: Times, Mr. ,:. :^erry . Bobinson,': says that: the. enemy's main l line of resistance has crumbled. The ~ Bntifih^d^ye'' towards Cambrai progressed ' amazingly. Tfca 7 Fourth Army's attack be- " low Viller>Guislain' went 'faster- than the -notorionß -.strength: of the. positions war« ranted us 16- expect. Li addition to terri- ..' tory meat numbers of prisoners and guns 5 have been taken. .Since the beginning of '-August.tKo British have.taken over 100,000 prisoners.,',';.'/ •- :/' ;Vi-v ; .' ,; ■ . • North-wesi of Cambrai the Canadians . : made a great advance,- demolishing endless ' inaehine^gun^sts,- roiling up the German cavalry and /infantry, and taking over *?000 prisoners. '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16983, 17 October 1918, Page 6
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107THE BATTLE FOR CAMBRAI. New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16983, 17 October 1918, Page 6
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