BRITISH PAST CANAL DU NORD.

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

BRITISH PAST CANAL DU NORD.

REPORTED CAPTURE OF MOEUVRES.

LENS STILL GERMAN.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association)

New York, Sept.,4. British troops have reached the Canal dv Nord, and have captured Ecourt St. Quentin. : It is reported that the British have captured, Moeuvres. The Germans are retreating faster. North-east of 'S'oissons a hattle is raging. The Germans are vigorously defending Pont Rouge plateau and the Laon railway. * The Americans are attacking. Several villages are in flames. The British have reached a mile east of the Canal dv Nord. Prisoners admit that they were ordered to hold the. canal at any cost.! Neuville and Bourjonval have been! surrounded. j Lens is still German, though the ; British hold- the western outskirts. Gas alone prevents British occupation of tho town. | j The Germans are retreating east off the Canal dv Nord, facing the French.! while the northern section are endeavouring to- withstand the British. The British captured Demicourt and Bumancourt, and are advancing. In the Lys salient they captured I Nieppe, Croix dv Bac, and Leromartin. i