THE WESTERN THEATRE.
SUCCESS IN THE VOSGES.
PARIS, July 27
An official statement says :—" There was an intense cannonade in . the Souchez sector. Arras- was twice bombarded, and a fire broke out, which was extinguished. One civilian was killed. :
"We completed the conquest of the heights of Lingekopf and Barrenkopf, dominating the principal valley of the Fpcht, also the main road to Notre Dame dcs Hossepis. We took several hundred' prisoners.
The High Commissioner reports:— LONDON, July 27 (4.50 p.m.) Five bombs were dropped by a German airman at Dunkirk, but they caused no damage.
In the Argonne two attempts at German attacks,were easily checked.
LONDON; July 28 (12.45 a.m.)
In Alsace the French completed the capture of a very strongly organised German position on the crest of Lingekopf and Barrenkopf on a front of two kilometreß.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8204, 29 July 1915, Page 5
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