CAVALRY PARTICIPATION IN THE BATTLE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11617, 16 August 1918, Page 2

CAVALRY PARTICIPATION IN THE BATTLE.

HOW HARBONNIERES WAS TAKEN, ft DASH'NG OPERATION. 'Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) Paris, August 14. The first detailed accounts of the cavalry’s participation in the early stage of the battle, state that the capture of Harbonnieres was a notablv dashing feat. The villag was strongly defended by machine suns. A direct attack would have been useless, and the cavalry were ordered to make a wide detour with a view to reaching Yauvillera behind Harbonnieres. . The plan succeeded, almost w Allout casualties. Yanvillea was seized with seven hundred prisoners, and Harbonnieres was thus easily captured.