A BRILLIANT ADVANCE.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14545, 25 October 1917, Page 5

A BRILLIANT ADVANCE.

GOOD PROGRESS AT ALL POINTS

7500 PRISONERS COUNTED

(Australia^ and N.Z. Cable Association

and Router.)

(Received Oct. 24, 11.45 p.m.)

London, Oct. 24

A French communique states that north of the Aisne the attack developed most brilliantly, despite fog and rain, against..formidable defences garrisoned by Germany's best troops.

1 The first rush captured a line marked by the Boliery quarries, and then Fort! do Malniaison, in the centre, fell. The French, pushing forward, expelled the enemy from the Mont Pitrnasso quarries. . The progress on the left was equally successful. The villages of Allemant and Vandesson were taken. Our right carried the line to the heights commanding Pargny and Fillaine. '.

The troops in the centre, hustling fresh enemy reserves, stormed the village of Chairgeon. The advance here reached a depth of 2J miles. The enemy's losses were very heavy. Seven thousand five hundred prisoners have hitherto been counted, and enormous booty was taken, including 25 guns. °