A NEW RETREAT
ENEMY LEAVING REIMS FRONT
LINE OF SUPPE RIVER
REACHED,
(ADB. AXD N.Z. CABLE itSSH. AND REDTES.) (Received October 7, 1 p.m.) LONDON,\6th October. A French communique states: The victorious attacks of the French and Americans during several days on the Veslei^and Champagne fronts have compelledsVthe enemy to make a general retirement towards the Suippe and Arnes rivers. He is hastily abandoning formidable positions, which' he has fortified during the past. four yeare, and which he has defended with undeniable desperation. He is now retreating on a front of forty-five kilometres (28 miles). Fort Brimont (five miles north of R«ims) and the Moronvillers Massif (15 miles east of Reims) are ours, and the Nogent l'Abbesse Massif (five miles east of R-eims) is completely surrounded. Our advance guards are keeping in close, touch with the enemy, whose rearguards have passed the lino of Oraineville, ■ Bourgoghe, Cernay-lez-Reims, ■ Beine, and Betheniville. Further east we hold the whole course of the.Arr.es. We have crossed the Snippe at Oraineville and Jhe Arnes at several points.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 85, 7 October 1918, Page 8
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172A NEW RETREAT Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 85, 7 October 1918, Page 8
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