RAIDS ON THE FRENCH UNSUCCESSFUL.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11610, 9 August 1918, Page 5

RAIDS ON THE FRENCH UNSUCCESSFUL.

ALLIES ON THE YESLE.

ENEMY BEING PUSHED PROM RHEIMS. London, August 8. A French communique states: Between the Oise and the Aisne, after a violent bombardment the enemy attempterJ two raids near Yailly and Tracy le Val. Both were repulsed. East of Braine (on the Yesle) the Franco-Americans crossed the Yesle and established themselves on the north bank, maintaning their Tpositions despite two violent counterattacks.! North of our line was adavnced four hundred metres between the railways to Bethel and Laon. An American official”report states: East of Bazoches, we _ the Yesle and gaiuedjithe Rheims-Soisson highway. fA hostile attack broke down.