ENEMY'S HOWITZERS TURNED AGAINST THEMSELVES. ALLIES GAINS AMOUNT TO A GERMAN REVERSE, LOXDOX, July Ik Sir Douglas Haig reports:—"There has been sharp infantry fighting, and ■we have apreciably advanced at various points. The artillery on both sides has been active. "We have not only maintained our pressure on the enemy, but hava appreciably advanced. We captured eornc howitzers on one sector, which wo used against the enemy later." Though the British and French communiques etudiously refrain from ■ giving details it is unofficially known that in the stern battle which is proceeding in France the Allies gains north of the Somnie have been steadily extended in the last three days, and amount to a German reverse. The Germans' situation at Pozieres is serious, as the British successes thereabouts have enabled the French, to extend their lines from Hardecourt in the direction of Haurepas, two miles to the eastward. A Paris communique says that there is no event of importance to report from the Somme.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 168, 15 July 1916, Page 5
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