FRENCH SUCCESS AT MORT HOMME.
VIOLENT BOMBARDMENTS PROCEEDING.
Tho High CommissioJior reports:— LONDON, May 31.
/West of Uio Mouse there was » violent bombardment with shoils oi _lar««; calibre of our .positions m tho region o; Avoconrt and Hill 304. . . On Wednesday afternoon, during, the course of a lively attack by bur troops a'strongly organised Gorman work on tho south-west slopes of Mort Hommn was'cai-ritxl. Wo. enpturod 200 pnson,------m-s and sovon machino-p;uns. East of tho Mousq -tlioro is- yory great ai-tillery activity on both sidon
between tho Mouse and .Fort Vaux. Our batteries en ugh t under their lire and dispersed assemblies of the enemy north oi the- Kosses Wood.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8465, 2 June 1916, Page 5
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