TUESDAY'S OPERATIONS.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14871, 20 September 1918, Page 5

TUESDAY'S OPERATIONS.

CAPTURE OF HOLNON VILLAGE

MO.EUVREB RETAKEN BY THE

ENEMY

CONTINUED FRENCH PROCESS

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association

and Reuter.)

London, Sept. 18

Sir Douglas Haig reports:— As a result of yesterday's operations, we gained possession of Holnon village.

This morning we attacked north-west-ward of St. Queutin.

'. Last evening the enemy attacked at i Mceuvres under cover of a heavy .-barrage. They pressed u.s back in the western outskirts of the villa go. By .a successful local dperation at ■night we slightly advanced the line immediately south of the La Basse© Canal. I -A French communique states: —- West of St. Quentin. we made progress in'the Holaon-Savy district. . We continued to enlarge our gains ] between the Ailette and the Aisne. We progressed by local attacks on; tits plateau east and north of A Hem ant. ; We c>?.ptnrcd this morning, after a sharp fight,--a strongly held point east of sliiiey. The number of bodies found north of L-i'.jTaux proves the heaviness of the cinp-ny's-10-ssos hi the recent fighting. The Germans on the Yesle front j thrice counter-attacked 'our positions in