THE REVERSE AT FRESNOY.
DUE TO ENEMY'S PREPONDER-
ANCE IN MEN
AN INSIGNIFICANT INCIDENT
(Received May 10, 12.30 p.m.)
LONDON, May. 9.
A correspondent at British Headquarters states:—"lt was their weight of numbers that drove us back from Fresnoy, which British guns are nowmaking a perfect inferno.
"The question of such gains and losses of territory must remain altogether subordinate to the* main business of, wearing down the Germans. It is manifestly to our advantage that they should continue to stand where they can be hammered. '■This-broader strategic view must ' not be overlooked in the present ebb and flow of the great struggle:"
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4054, 10 May 1917, Page 5
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