TERRIFIC ATTACKS DEVELOP ALONG AISNE.
GERMANS FORCE PASSAGE BETWEEN BERRY AND VAILLY. • ALUED COTTNTKS- ATTACK IN YPBES SECTOR. 8.50 a-m.) L.OKDOX, May 28. The Germans are developing terrific attacks along the Aisne front, and. have forced a passage across the Aisne river between Berry-au-Bac, 12 miles north-west of Rheims, and Vailly, 9 miles east of Soissons. The British and French are counter-attacking south of Dickcbusch lake, 2J miles south-west of Ypres. A communique from the American front in Picardy states that German infantry detachments succeeded in penetrating our advanced positions at two points. The American troops counter-attacked, expelling them and entering the German lines. —(A. and X.Z. Cable.) The "Lokal Anzeiger" publishes a statement by the Kaiser: "We to-day are surer than ever that we shall strike the enemy down to the utmost depth." -("Times.")
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 127, 29 May 1918, Page 5
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