GERMAN COMMANDERS UPSET.
CONTRADICTORY ORDERS GIVEN,
SIGNS OF A GERMAN TOiiTREAT.
Received 11.5 p.m. Oct. 26
LONDON, Oct. 26. The "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent at the .trench Headquarters says: After the terrible blows on Tuesday, the minor German commands seem vo be in disorder. Papers taken reveal that one battalion, of whom 600 were captured at Pinon, received contradictory orders to retire and to hold Pinon at any cost.
For some days French aviators have been reporting that the Germans are cutting down fruit trees, the demolition of farms in the Ailette valley recalling the Somme retreat. It seema that the Bosche has got, wound up very badly in this region. The French are making steady and unrelenting progress. The canal is not an obstacle, but there is a good deal of marshy ground m the Ailette Valley. The " question also arises whether the enemy will attempt to hold the remainder of the Chemin dcs Dames. After two days' triumphs our troops are in splendid spirits.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17124, 27 October 1917, Page 5
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