THE 'SOUTHERN FRONT.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14857, 3 September 1918, Page 5

THE 'SOUTHERN FRONT.

FREWCH 7THRUST AT SOISSONS.

CAPTUI&E m LEURY AM© iCBOSJY

JUV3&NY CAPTURED BY

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London, Sep,t.. 1

A French communique; states:—-fl)he battle, continues with extreme "violence in the region of fche Ganal-du-Nord, asad. north of. Soissons.

"We made progress foot by .foot, sueeessfully carrjuhg stubWnily defended centres of 1 resistance. We carried Campagne on the east ibank of the canal!. The enemy's resistance was particularly violent in. the village .of Chevilly, which the Germans twice recaptured, it finally remaining .in our hands. "We enlarged our gnins north of Happlinccmrt and MoiTmcourt. and carried by assault Jfuvigny and Crony. In the region north of Soiseons we

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captured Leury and reduced several centres of resistance which wpre strongly held, taking a thousand prisoners.

'A. communiqiic issued on Sunday evening reports :—

Operations were continued during the night. . ; -,: .

lufahtry detachments crossed the Somme canal east' of Epincourt. Further -south- we captured Rouy-le-Petit.

Wp took 250 prisoners

An American communique states:— Northward of the Akne we took Juvigny by assault.

In Alsace > wo raided successfully, penetrating the enemy's trendies.