LATEST NEWS MOST EXCOURAGING.
. ; ADVANCE PRESSED AT ALL i POINTS. ;
j (Australian and N.Z.sCable Assoeiaiaoii),!
(Keeerced Sept. 3, 1.40 a.m.) , London, Sept. .2. ! The latest news is most encouraging.! Peronne iwcs been captured, and: we are! pressing enezny rearguards..'•"■ Fires east-j ward of Lens indicate that the enemy! are destroying stores preparatory io! evacuating iftie town. There are also; fires eastward of Armentiercs, indicating* that the enemy,-are contemplating a retirement on a largo scale in this sector. Our patrols hasie pushed forward in the direction of Lens. © South'of the Scarpe we have readied the western edge of Hamblain, c-aptur-ang BuJlecourt and "Morval.
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Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14857, 3 September 1918, Page 5
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102LATEST NEWS MOST EXCOURAG-ING. Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14857, 3 September 1918, Page 5
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