ALLIED OFFENSIVE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17427, 23 September 1918, Page 5

ALLIED OFFENSIVE

STEASY PRESSURE MAINTAINED ADVANCE IN MACEDONIA ■ % BIG VICTORY IN PALESTINE TURKISH FORCES SMASHED FATE OF EX-CZARINA AND DAUGHTERS POLITICAL CRISIS IN GERMANY PANIC IN METZ EVACUATION COMMENCED Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. , Australian find -New Zealand Cable Association* RECAPTURE OF MCEUVRES. ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED. BRITISH ADVANCE CONTINUED. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association and Renter. LONDON, September 20 (11.50 p.m.). (Received September 22, at 5.5 p.m.) Sir Douglas Haig's report states that the Scots completed the recapture of Mceuvres m the morning, overcoming the resistance of a party .of the enemy who were still holding out in the village. The enemy delivered a strong local attack north-west of Hulluch this morning after a heavy bombardment, and we completely repulsed the attack, capturin"- a number of men. . ° English troops carried out a successful minor operation this morning north-west ~? assee . a I!~ advanced our lino on a frontage of two miles and a-half as far as Marais and La Tourelle, and beat off a counter-attack after MORE DESPERATE ATTACKS. SOME SEVERE FIGHTING. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association and Reutex. LONDON, September 21. (Received September 22, at 5.5 p.m.) Sir Douglas Haig reports: Yesterday afternoon fresh attacks on our posts northward of Moeuvres were repulsed. * , Curing the evening the enemy heavily bombarded our positions in the neighbourhood of. Gauche Wood, and succeeded in pressing back slightly one of our advanced posts northward of the wood. All night the enemy made repeated and determined attempts with flammenwerfer and bombs, to drive in our positions in this locality; but all these attacks were repulsed, after hard fighting. At night our W£lS advanced slightly north-west of Bellenglise. This morning fighting was recommenced m the sector east of Epehy. s S K 35 ™P rov .s£. otlr positions slightly last night west of Messines, capturing a German strong point. We made progress south-east of Ypres. 1 LOCAL OFFENSIVE STARTED. . IN HAVRINCOURT WOOD. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association and -Reuter. NEW YORK, September 21. (Received September 22, at 5.5 p.m.) The British have launched a local offensive in Havrincourt Wood. ADVANCE BY- THE FRENCH. ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association and Reuter. LONDON, September 20. (Received September 22, at 5.5 p.m.) A French communique states: We advanced eastwards of Essignv-le-Grand tnd also on the Moisy Farm Plateau, and captured some prisoners There liveW artillery firing m the region of St. Quentin. ! Uve,y GERMAN CLAIMS. COUNTER-ATTACKS REPULSED. Admiralty, per Wireless Press. _ , LONDON, September 20. (Received September 22, at 5.5 p.m.) A German official message states: We repulsed repeated strong Sida °' A GALLANT BAND. POSITION HELD FOR TWO DAYS. GERMANS PUNISHED SEVERELY. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association and Reuter. LONDON, September 21. (Received September 22, at 5.5 p.m.) Sir Douglas Haig reports: On the occasion of a hostile attack on Mceuvres on September 17 a corporal and six men of the 15th Battalion of the Highland Lidit In antry, 52nd Division forming the garrison of one of our posts juTt north of the yiHage were surrounded, and were believed to be captured. During the two davs in which the.Germans were n occupation of Mceuvres thi« rwrft rtJ T- j ? position with great galantg, and LicJ manys£,*" Z the night of September 19-20, when Mceuvres retaken by us, tL Sa regained their unit without loss. ' wnoie paity .BRITISH ACHIEVEMENTS. TRIBUTES TO BRITISH UNITS. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association. /T , ' . . „ LONDON, September 21. (Received September 22, at 5.5 p.m.) at Headquarters continue to detail the splendid achievements of ?t r Hfvrbct'rt" C i S the GUardS ' Wh ° bloot% repulsed a German co-SLk The Germans around Templeux-le-Guerard buried themselves deep in ouarries and caves, which were honeycombed with machine-gun nests, but the Britih leomen worked round under cover of smoke screens and cut them off The 17th Division perhaps holds the record for a continuous advance since it attacked on the Ancre This division took Thiepval, the Schwabeu redoubt Oourcelett-e, Martmpuicb and finally crossed the Canal du Nord Sed the bridgeheads, and established themselves in Gauche Wood. STRONG OPPOSITION OVERCOME. NUMEROUS COUNTER-ATTACKS. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association and Reuter. LONDON, September 21 (10.35 p.m.) (Received September 22, at 11.40 p.m.) Sir Doughs Haig reports: In a minor operation this morning eastward of Lpehy the English troops successfully advanced their line after heavy fighting Strong opposition was encountered at all points, and later the enemy launched a number of counter-attacks in considerable strength; but, desnite the resistance we made substantial progress on the whole front of attack. In conjunction with 'this attack the Austrahans made further progress in a completely successful operation in the Hargicourt sector, taking some prisoners. . 1 FRENCH CAPTURE ANOTHER TOWN. GERMAN. EFFORTS FRUITLESS. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association and Renter. LONDON, September 21. (Received September 22, at 11.40 p.m.) A French communique states: At night time our troops operating in the region of St. Quentin captured Benav (about two miles south-east of Essigny-le-Grand) and made progress northward thereof. We repulsed an enemy counter-attack against Castres. Artillery was active in the region of the plateau northward of the Aisne. In Lorraine two German attempts against our "posts towards Arra court and Aucervillea wora without result.

-ttiNUMX WITHDRAWAL ADMITTED. EVACUATION OF ESSIGNY-LE-GRAND. Admiralty, per Wireless Press. LONDON, September 21. (Received September 22, at 11.40 p.m.) A German official report states: Southward of the Somme we withdrew our advanced troops, thus evacuating Essigny-le-Grand. The enemy gained a footing on the high ridges westward of Jouy. joy a GERMANY'S NEW LINE. AMERICAN ATTACK STOPPED. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association. WASHINGTON, September 21. (Received September 22, at 11 p.m.) Gf™* 1 Ma«h, m an interview, said the Germans' new line extends from Maizeiay to Vandieres, in the Moselle region, and has stopped a further American from "con fi ans° Amen Cans were llov Y wifchin 10 miles of Metz and an equal distance +),« or T n Tln eCd5 T, Cnm^a^lins , t!lc Scottish Division, highly praised the American Artillery Brigade for their effective co-operation with'the Scots.