HURRIED ENEMY RETREAT.
BRITISH TROOPS ADVANCE THREE MILES. FRENCH APPROACHING LAON. 1 HAM-GUISCARD LINE TURNED. j FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association » (Received September 7, 10:20 a.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 6. British troops astride the Atniens'St. Quentln line have advanced three miles on a front of twelve miles. The British north-west of La Bassee have captured Violaines. Fires and explosions show a hurried enemy retreat. General Manjgin is within ten miles of Laon. French troops have passed through Chauny, nearing Tergnier. General Debeney has turned the Ham. Guiscard line, and the German retreat, is becoming accelerated.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14703, 7 September 1918, Page 3
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98HURRIED ENEMY RETREAT. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14703, 7 September 1918, Page 3
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