FIGHTING ON THE BRITISH FRONT.
ENEMY REOCCUPY CAPTURED VILLAGE.
(Received 12.30 p.m.)
LONDON. July 27. General Sir Douglas Haig reports:—During local fighting in the neighbourhood of La Basseeville and south-westward of Warneton, we drove the enemy from the village. The enemy counter-attacked in the morning, and ■we withdrew from the village.
At night we successfully raided the neighbourhood of Monchy, southwestward of La Bassee and north-east of Ypres. A German re id yesterday morning north-eastward of Govleaucourt led to sharp fighting and considerable enemy loss.—r.\. and X.Z. and Keutcr.)
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 179, 28 July 1917, Page 5
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