COUNTER-ATTACKS FAIL.
LONDON, Oct. 22
'" Correspondents jit the front state that, 'despite a thick mist and the strengthened machine-gun defences we re-captured the -ruins of the brewery adjoining Poelcapelle, and, after heavy iighting, made progress for some hundreds of yards near Houthulst Forest, and northward of Poelcapelle. A counter-attack involved the enemy in heavy losses. A later message records another fierce counter-attack along the railway The visibility has improved, enabling our gunners to exact a severe toll from the enemy.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9127, 24 October 1917, Page 6
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