ENEMY RESISTANCE ON THE SELLE.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14891, 14 October 1918, Page 4

ENEMY RESISTANCE ON THE SELLE.

UNINTERRUPTED BRITISH PRO-

GRESS,

ENEMY HASTILY RETREATING SOUTH OF THE SENSEE.

BRITISH ADVANCE NORTHWARDS

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association

and Reuter.)

London, Oct. 12. (Received Oct. 13, 5.5 p.m.) Sir -Douglas Haig reported at raidnight :—

Between Bohain and Solesme the enemy are strongly resisting on the line of the Selle river. We repulsed attacks against our positions eastward of the Selle in the neighbourhood of Le Cateau, and took possession of Briastre, in the angle between the Selle and the Scheldt Canal. •

We captnred Iwuy and progressed to rising ground eastward thereof, and repulsed strong counter attacks delivered with the assistance of tanks in this area.

Westward' of the Canal de l'Escaut we captured Fresier.

Following our deep advance south■ward of the. Sensee the enemy are hastening their withdrawal from strongly fortified positions northward of that river. We have driven the enemy's rearguards from the northern portion of the Drocourt-Queant line between the Searpe arid Guiry la Motte, and captured Sailly-en-Ostrevent, Te-en-Ostr©-

Active. an airCraft were *" Niltfl d°StrOyed tWO aer°P^ S . A ight flying was impossible. Sir Douglas Haig, reporting, on Friday evening, gays: We continued to advance northward or the Senseo river, and now hold the villages of Hamel, Brebieres, and Cumcy. We are eastward of Henin-Lietard, and on the western outskirts offA»^ nay. Tliere i B local fighting at certai* points on the remainder of the front. A Belgian eommuniqij,© says: . There is great activity on the part of the hostile artillery against our communications. " After violent artillery preparation, the enemy attacked our lines before RoulerSj buff were completely • re^ pulsed.