THE LYS SECTOR WITHDRAWAL.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11633, 7 September 1918, Page 5

THE LYS SECTOR WITHDRAWAL.

1 BRITISH AND AMERICANS PURSUING.

London, Sept. C>. The enemy withdrawal in the Lys sector continues. British and American troops are closely pursuing the Germans. The latter may, however, claim that their withdrawal has taken place Recording to plan. A NEW”GERMAN REFUGE. i.|. CONSTRUCTING ANTOHFR LINE. t GERMANS ADMIT DANGER. United Service. London, Sept. 5. Dutch and Belgian reports describe the rapid fortification of the Toarnai-Moas line, it is suggested that this means that Ludendorff is frying to form a stable front in the Meuse-Sambre-Torni-Lille district, along Messines Kidge and thence along the old front towards the sea. German critics admit that the Position is the gravest since the llsrne of 1914, and cling to the lope of checking the advance when Ihe front is further narrowed. •HEAVY FIGHTING TAKING PLACE. ;r FRENCH AND AMERICAN PROGRESS. London, Sept. o. 'File steady withdrawal of the enemy under pressure back to the «ne of the Somme-Oise Canal has "Oen accompanied by Heavy fighting, The French gained footing on the east side, in ,ihe neighbourhood “oyon, and used it yesterday as ajnmpiug off place in a further advance towards the Somme. The hghting was particularly heavy iu ■joe neighbourhood of Juvigny and '‘• eT ny-Sorny, where the Americans operating, and a considerable was made. Possibly as a Result the enemy commenced to from the line of the Vesle °ross the Aisn . (X fe 'ENEMY CROSS THE AISNE. Reuter. The Germans are on the north side 'a the Aisne to-night.