RESISTANCE BROKEN BY THE FRENCH.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14860, 6 September 1918, Page 5

RESISTANCE BROKEN BY THE FRENCH.

ADVANCE NORTH OF THE OISE

AND VESLE.

BATTLE ON SOISSONS PLATEAU

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association

and Reuter.)

(Received Sept. 6, 1.5 a.m.) London, Sept. 4. ( A French communique says:— ■ After breaking the stubborn resist-' anee by the enemy, our troops;-to-day j compelled .them to retreat north of the Oise and the Vesle f romrr between: the Canal dv Nord and the Oise. Our] advanced elements arc following on the heels of the enemy. Our rearguards advanced beyond Li-, bermont, reached the outskirts of Esmeryhallon, and occupied Hopital Wood. Further east we crossed the Ailette and reached Marizelle, northeast of Manicourt. The enemy left numerous guns and a vast quantity of material. The battle continues on the plateau