ADVANCING THE LINE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14658, 16 July 1918, Page 5

ADVANCING THE LINE.

SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS BY THE

BRITISH.

•Australian and N.Z. Gable Association! {Reuter's Telegram.) LONDON, ?j;uly: ,14. Sir Douglas Haig reports : — We carried out a successful operation early this morning. English, troops advanced the line east of Dickebusch Lake and took over 260 prisoners. • Our aviators destroyed twelve aeroplantt on Saturday and drove down four uncontrollable. Three of ours are missing. We dropped 4£ tpns of bombs m the daytime, and over 1100 bombs, weighing) 19 tons, at night time on enemy camps, railway lines, trains, and billets. All our night-fliers returned. . .