NEW BAHLC OF THE AISNE.
LAON • PLAIN- NOW LYING 'BEFORE THE FRENCH. MANY PRISONERS CAPTURED. (Australian nn«l-,-N.Z» Cable Association, V , - ■■ ■ > LONDON, October 23; It is officially announced that the' pew •battle of the Aisne -has developed very favorably. -.•'■'• > ■ '.. ■ ' ! The French captured all the crests forming their objectives and made progress beyond, tho troops now occupying the counter-slopes. v ! ■ \ \ f The advanoe is three kilometres 4 e eP on a front of eight kilometres. . " ' Fort Malmaison was capture^ early m the attack; also the villages of Allemant, Les Vallons, and Chavignohj >vith Chavignon Ravine. . ' , Laon : Plain is now lying' before ithe French. .'.'', ' ■• ■'- •■■ ' j Three thousand prisoners and 19 guns were captured. " . ' » |
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14437, 25 October 1917, Page 3
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110NEW BAHLC OF THE AISNE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14437, 25 October 1917, Page 3
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