"THE SITUATION IS PROMISING."
BRITISH BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES. FOUR THOUSAND PRISONERS TAKEN. The High Commissioner cables from London, July 3:— Northwards of the River Ancre the position is unchanged. At Fricourt, four to five miles east of Albert, our positions were advanced northwards to higher ground. The situation is promising. We are bombarding Tliiepval and La Boisselle. The Germans are bombarding Montauban. Xo damage was done. The prisoners taken on the British front total 4.000.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 158, 4 July 1916, Page 5
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