24 NOVEMBER 1917, page 1

The Third Army, Under Sir Julian Byng, Gave The Enemy

on Tuesday the greatest surprise that he has yet experienced. At dawn, on a wide front south-west of Cambrai, where nothing unusual had happened for mouths, a fleet of our tanks......

Our French Allies Have Not Undertaken Any Large...

the past week. They made a slight advance on Tuesday in the Chaume Wood, north of Verdun, and on Wednesday broke up an enemy attack in the same sector. On Wednesday they......

General Allenby Has Pursued His Swift And Victorious...

Palestine. He occupied Jaffa on Saturday last, and thus secured a port which will ease the difficulty of supplying his army from Egypt by a singe lino of rail. Having driven the......

The Italian Army Has Regained Confidence, And Is Now...

well on the front north and cast of Venice. On the Trentino border, north-cast of Asiago, the enemy has repeatedly failed to break into the Brenta Valley, and the Italians have......

News Of The Week.

rlITE splendid results of Sir Douglas Haig'e latest advance 1. have come at a fortunate moment. They will impress themselves not only upon the mind of the enemy but upon public......

On Saturday Last Our Light Cruisers Operating In The...

Bight sighted four German light cruisers and chased them back through their minefields until four enemy battleships and battle- cruisers appeared on the scene. Our cruisers hit......

General Van De Venter Is Nearing The End Of His

task in what was German East Africa. The British and Belgian columns converging from various points have this month broken up the enemy's main forces, captured all his heavy......

General Byng Made His Main Attack In The Open Country,

as yet unbroken by shell-fire, between the Bapaume-Cambrai road on the north and the Cambrai-St. Quentin canal to the east. The British and Irish troops engaged broke the triple......

This Great Victory, Won By A Cavalry General Who Had

the pleasure of employing his cavalry to good purpose in the action, is of the highest significance. It illustrates anew the supreme importance of the Western 'Front. It......

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