STRIKING SUCCESSES
BY BOTH BRITISH AND FRENCH.
IMPORTANT BRIDGEHEADS CAPTURED.
PERONNE LINES THREATENED
(Australian and N.Z. Cablo Assn.) Received August 31, 3.5 p.m. LONDON, August 30.
Reports from the frojit, timed 3.30, show that the British and French achieved striking successes to-day. The French have taken Noyon and the British captured Bapaumc and reached the Bapaume-Be mlencourt road. Advance troops are menacing Beaiilencourt, and have taken possession of the (ugh ground north-east of Geudencourl. They have also reached the western outskirts of Maurepas. A striking advance was made in the Somme region. We reached the south and eastern banks of the river between Peronne and Haplincourt, seriously menacing the enemy within Peronne. Two important bridgeheads are in our hands.
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13851, 31 August 1918, Page 5
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