WITH THE AUSTRALIANS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12407, 27 August 1918, Page 6

WITH THE AUSTRALIANS.

A SPLENDID EXPLOIT. Aartr»'J»n: »nd It.Zi, C*bl« A»»ooS*tlon. (Deceived August 27, 1.10 p.m.; ,■ _ ■ : LONDON, August *_’o. Mn, Gordon Gilraour, who is at the Australian. Headquarters, describing ihdSVustTaliansV advance, says;— Although. tho Gormans in places put, up the' stillest light, the attackers, after hj ; scries, of short, sharp rushes, came within, striking ■ distance. Tho gunners showed, tho greatest readiness, to surrender. Whole bodies of Germans at one-point,-ran.forward precipitately, throwing /down ■ their amis. Several w.ero .shot down by their own officers f rom, tnel rear.. ; Tho ‘ prisoners include representatives of five divisions, affording spmpadiea.of the disorganisation behind' the front Ono was a former Harvard University man. Ho admitted that the offensive last March was intended To, reach tho Channel ports. When. :it failed iu this design, the line swung southward, but the. Gormans did lib?, hope to capture Paris, , /When.': the Australians reached the final Vine - the. officers called for more erullcty- and -pushed-farther on. This splendid exploit resulted in the captime, of tho, ruined village o.f.jChuigiies with .twelve. guns, onp a.nfiftecu-inch piece. Thb.. extension of these operations caused tho hurried withdrawal of Gorman,, guns, from the threatened valley'southward of the Somme. The at'tnckors pressed forward through zones which "the .German heavy guns saturated with-gas; . and - reached a line embracing Ohmgncs, ..Garonne Wood and Squares Mood before. nightfall. A - .German conn top-attack was driven off with 4e Bayonet, tho only time, the bavonou was .used." , ; "