3 AUGUST 1918, page 1

On Friday Week The Enemy Began To Fall Back Northwards

from the Marne, leaving machine-gun detachments at every point of vantage in the rough wooded country to delay the pursuit. The French and Americans followed him up quickly.......

The Australians Have Distinguished Themselves In Two More...

Near Morlaneourt last Sunday they captured two lines of trenches with one hundred and forty-three prisoners, thus advancing our lines once more between the Ancre and the Somme......

Thursday Week Was The Critical Day, The Results Of Which

compelled the enemy to evacuate the Marne Valley. The Franco-American troops, attacking from the west the road from Soissons to Chateau- Merry, and advancing also from the south......

News Of The Week.

T HE Second Battle of the Marne has developed most favourably during the past week. General Foch pressed his advantage with such vigour that the enemy last Saturday retreated......

The Enemy On Monday Began To Offer A Much Stronger

resistance, and heavy fighting developed on the west and south of the salient, now little mo'e than ten miles in depth from its northern base on the Vesle. Near Soissons a......

The Independent Air Force Has Had A Very Busy Week

in Germany, especially in Baden and Wurttemberg. Our airmen visited Offen- burg by night on Thursday week and Monday and in daylight on Tuesday. They attacked Stuttgart by night......

The Fact That The Enemy Made A Regular Attack, Preceded

by a strong bombardment, on the French lines east of Oulchy on Tuesday, coupled with the reference in Tuesday's German report to " our new lines north of the Ourcq," seems to......

To Complete This Brief Survey Of The Battle, We Must

add that General Gouraud in Champagne, net content with having smashed the enemy offensive on July 15th, began at once to recover by local attacks the broad outpost zone that he......

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