THE SITUATION SUMMED UP
PRESENT POSITIONS OUT-
LINED.
Received October 6, 11.23 p.m
LONDON, October 5
Our line on the Lys is roughly along the railway from Armentieres to JMarquillies, then to Hautedulle canal. The enemy is certain to make a stand on thei canal to cover Lille, Roubaix and Tourcoing in order to give time for the necessary destruction of material.
Our breach in the St. Quentin araa, ■is being gradually widened northward, but the enemy is fighting very hard, and our progress is slow. We, however, are gaining ground daily, capturing farms and other points of local advantage. This sort of. fighting costs the enemy heavily, which he can afford less than we.
South of the Aisne the enemy's retirement seams to be ended . He ">s standing on the line of the Aisne and the Aisne-Marne canal.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19181007.2.34.7
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17397, 7 October 1918, Page 5
Word Count
139THE SITUATION SUMMED UP Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17397, 7 October 1918, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in