WESTERN OPERATIONS

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13850, 9 November 1918, Page 6

WESTERN OPERATIONS

Allied Successes Detailed LONDON, Nov. 7 Sir Douglas Hung report :—iWe pi'ogi'esMia on the Wiiole Datti© front ■despite the avmn, ana engaged m suarp ngntmg. jiundrecis oi pausouerg wwe taKen. Un tine rigii,t we caiptured Uantignies and. M'iu-U'aax. hi the centre we drove fca©' eaieiny from dia^tiiy ot>n- • atraoted cl&ionces Oin tdie east u'a.uk ot ' tlie jS-aoriibre. We crossed ■ the• river near Berltament, a-nd captured Lovai and -iini-, noye, also the iiriiporta.nt railway junction there. i^ua-ther no'i'th we crossed the ' Avesmes-Ba.v&i road, eastwairds of the ■ JNorxnaJ. for.est, and reached the ra,ilway 6outn.wa(rd and ' westward ■ of Ba,vui, winere shaa^p ■-tigibitiixg continues near the town. We cleared the west bank oi the- ' Hon&lie north of Aaigne, whei%e' all day long tihere was gitifi figihiting. • | We repulsed two counter-<aittaiokjs ■ on the left. | The Canadians are progressing eastward of the Scheldt, and oaptured ' ' Baisdeux and Qurevreohtain. | I AMERICANS FOsRGUSG AHiEIAD. • The American coinanunique staites: We advanced over four Ikrlonaetres ( east Of the Mouse despite most difficult ground, and bitt&r resistance of ■ the enemy, who is desperaitely striv-1 ing to retain; the last foothold on the ' heights of the Meuse. | The enemy failed to check ; bur ! rapid progress west of th© Meuse, where we reached the outskirts of Mousson, and caiptured Builson and Raicaiux. • ■ Tweiity-two enemy divisions appeared on »our front between the Meuse and the .'Argorine since .Novemi- • ber 1. ;

FRENCH PURSUIT OF TEE 5 . ENEMY.- ' . , , > The French communique states: —- ; Our indefatigable troops continued. - to pursue the enemy all day between ! • the Saanbre and the Meuse, shait- ■ tering- local resistance. We advanced ! ten kilometres at certain. pointsl, and ' liberated numerous civilians of ' the -, population. Tlhe enemy, nanrasßied . by our advance guards, "albandoned everywhere during their headlong re- . treat prisoners, guns and material, which so- far are uncounted. East of the Sambre we reached the eastern outskirts- 1 of Nou<vignRegnaval forest. We captured fur- , ther south Renvins, 'from wihiich we are advancing beyond the Serre. i The Italians crossed Hurtaoix by assault, and storaned . llozdysiarpon to north of the Aisne. 1 \ We are twelve kilometres north, of Chateau Porcein.! We captered Rethel, and advanced six kilomietres north thereof. The cavalry here charged and captured a bait-tery of field guns, and a battery of 4-inchers, with th© gunners and teams.—hA. and N.Z. Cable. ALLIES NEARING MONS,

PARIS, November 9. Tihe Allies are now withiin six miles of Moms, amid three miles of Maaibeiug'e and! Avesnm. CONTINUED GERMAN RETREAT. The Germaini reti'eaifo is ■ being) effected under boimbardimeat by our guns, inflictinigi terdiible"losses.—A. and N.Z. Cable. .