A DEADLY PROCESSION.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11610, 9 August 1918, Page 8

A DEADLY PROCESSION.

BARHftUE LEADS THE WAY

TANKS FOLLOW

SWARMS OF BATTLE PLANES AGOOKSPAKY Received August 1 1 , 2.-15 p.m. London, August 8. The United Press correspondent, writing in the sfternooa, says the British went into Little first, the noses of the tanks keeping well Bgaiust_the s tee:* .vail of tha creeping barrage, and supported by fust whippets, while swarms of battle planes were engaged in the battle. The field was covered with a thick liana, making flying dillicuU, but giving advantage to the Allies.

FRENCH FOLLOW ON

“WHiPPETS." HUNT THE ENEMY

' The French on the right by agreement, cam o in a few minutes later, their ertillcry having smothered the territory southward of he AmiensRoya road beforehand. Tiny whippets raced and dodged acrcss the tielcis, scattering terror everywhere, and running down Germans. The Country is hilly but mostly open and ideal for tanks. These crossed the Avre without trouble, lea the infantry in the battle and blasted their waj* forward with machine guns and cannon. Up to eight in the morning few if any of the German airplanes hud appeared, but despite the haze the Allied machines added to the enemy's confusion The prisoners include Wurtembnrcers, Bavarians, and others from half a dozen different divi sions. The weather was good but threatening ruin. £ Reports from the Morenil region most optimistic, the Germans offering slight resistance.