THE WESTERN THEATRE. A DISASTROUS GERMAN ATTACK.
DBCIMATED UY ALLIES' . ARTILLE«V. . , INEFFECTIVE GAS CLOUDS. (Received October 22.. 1.30 p.m.) ' PARIS, October' '21.' ,' A communique states :— { After' a violent bombardment, the <Bnemy. resumed their attack along a ',nine-kilometre, front eastward of ".'Rheims,'. between ButU^ 'and Detire T'lpruna-yn, using increasingly dense gas | ' cloudsv but thrice failed to penetrateJ ova" positions. Our macliino guns, slip,-' •. ported , by. a |iurric^no 4 of artillery fire, decini<it«d the foo, and the Germans finally stopped before our wire entanglements, not being able to reach our firat line of trenches. Wo also repulsed an attack in the Givenchy Wood.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8276, 22 October 1915, Page 5
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