AUSTRALIAN SUCCESS AT PERONNE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11630, 4 September 1918, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN SUCCESS AT PERONNE.

A BIG ADVANCE. DEFEAT OF A SURPRISED ENEMY Reuter. London, Sept. 2. The story of the Anstralians’ success around Peroune is a splendid one between the 29th and 31st August. The troops covered seven and a half miles on a front of three miles. A frontal crossing of the river was abandoned owing to the strength cf the enemy and marshy ground. The Germans fully expected an attack upon Peronne "from the river, and alt dispositions had been made with a view to frontal resistance. The cleverly executed turning movement compleelty surprised the Germans and threw them into confusion. Our casuatlifs were amazingly small working out at one-tenth the number of their prisoners.