GERMAN OBJECTIVE NOWHERE REACHED.
FRONT OF TWa^AND A HALF MILES.
(Australian and N.Z;, Cable Association) . (Received April; 26, 9.45 a.m.) *..:.. .r LONDON;; April 25. Mr Percival Philips write;- — The enemy has failed :.ev.eryw:here except at ,Villers Bi*etpnheux, .where, there was, heav^ .fighting on y a - ; front., ?of two and a half /niles.-., «• .; : ,< , Tha attadc, : which , \ve had . been expecting for several days, does not seem to .be a great thrust pf-or Amiens. The battle was rather due to theenemy's desire to , wipe ; put ; a local s^ient, and . to take the high, ground on -either, side of tbe Amiens road before attempting a big advance. A V . . • ; , |The. Gentian assault: troops y nowhere reached their united objectives. The tanks may be derelicts' v^e .left behind. •Hitherto the Germans have only used tanks m order to bring ammunition ,to the front lines. A;
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14589, 26 April 1918, Page 3
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