BRITISH MAKE LOCAL GAINS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16612, 22 August 1918, Page 5

BRITISH MAKE LOCAL GAINS.

CONDITIONS IN GERMANY.

Pt«b Awsociation—By Tel. —Copyright.

(High Commissioners' Ca'ole.) LONDON, Aug. 20th (12 a.m.). . French official.—Southward of the Arre we captured Beauvraagnes after desperate fighting. East of the Oise we attacked the German front for a distance of 2c kilometres, in the region of Gri'ly, en the Aisne, realiifng ou the who! efroiit ah average advance of fou.kilometres Several thousand prisoueis were taken. THE BRITISH FRONT. SUCCESSFUL NIBBLING. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. ■ Received I 40 a.iu , August 22nd. : ~ LONDON, August 20. J Sir' IJoiigias Hftig reports.—Locfi figMy'g occurred or. both banks of the Scnrpe. We repulsed attacks south of iJi., nv«r against the posts we established eastward of the enemy's former lino We advanced a short distance east of Fampoux after sharp fighting;, iu which we took prisoners. We also gained iartlier ground astride tlie Lys, also took Le Pinetie, and are now eastward of Merville. We also (book Wi hook and Lacouronne northward ti Jfemlle. 'We repulsed a raid northeast of J.'jere. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S CONGRATULATIONS ON RECENT SUCCESSES. •The Press Bureau reports that Sir Douglas Haig telegraphed to General Rawlinson: "Warmest congratulations and thanks to yourself, staff and ail ranks, on the magnificent success recently gained by the Fourth Army- The brilliant manner in which, the operation was prepared and successfully carried out with comparatively small losses by the Third Australian and Canadian Corps, in. conjunction witih "the cavalry corps, air force, and tank corps, is a striking tribune to the skill of the leaders and the bravery of individual soldiers, as well as to the high state of efficiency of the staffs and departmental M-rvices concerned. The gallant' -uicl skilful co-operation of the armoured cars and motor machine-gun batteries is worthy of the highest praise." FRENCH GAIN" ANOTHER VILLAGE. A French communique, issued at 4 o'clock this evening, states: —There have been reciprocal bombardments in the regions of Lassigny and Droslincourt, and between the Oise and tho Aisne. Wo occupied last evening tho village of Vassens, north-westward of Morsain. The enemy made an abortive raid westward of Maison de Chavipagne. GERMAN RETREAT EXPLAINED. BERNE, August 20. The "Frankfurter Gazette" explains tlie retreat by saying that' the General Staff proposes to resume the offensive :in the autumn. Get man strategy is not. stopped, but merely interrupted. BERNHARDI AT THE FRONT. OTTAW A, August 20Tho latest telegrams state that the Sixth German Army, which is retreating from the Lys, includes an Army Corps commanded by tho celebrated Von Bernhardi.

FIGHTING ON ITALIAN FEONT.

COAL STEIKE THEEATENED IN YOEKSHIRE.