THE CHAMPAGNE SITUATION.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14893, 16 October 1918, Page 5

THE CHAMPAGNE SITUATION.

CAPTURE OF LAON

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association)

London, Oct. 14. A French communique says:— The Tenth Army in the morning entered Laon, liberating 6500 civilians.

We passed far beyond the town on the whole front of the Oise and north

of the Ailette,

East of La Fere we reached the southerit bank of the Serre to Courbes

station

An American communique states:—

On both .sides of the Meuse we broke up strong and repeated attempts of the enemy to dislodge us from the recentlywon positions.

After the capture of Roulers, the Allies pushed on, and are now four miles north of Courtrai.