16 SEPTEMBER 1916, Page 1
NEWS OF THE WEEK
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"HATS off, gentlemen, to our French colleagues in the Great Push !" Like Wordsworth's " Happy Warrior," they are " daily self-surpassed." Throughout the week they have been gaining ground and taking prisoners in the most gallant style. On Tuesday they made a magnificent attack on Hill 145 and the Marrieres Wood, and on Wednesday they made one of their great bounds forward, capturing the village of Bouchavesnes and the .Abbe Wood, to the north of Peronne, and penetrating east of the Peronne-Bapaume road. These gains have been held even in the face of the most furious counter-attacks.
