GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT
AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS TAKEN.
(Received April 17, 2 p.m.)
LONDON, 16th April.
Admiralty, per Wireless Press.—A German official message states : On the north bank of tho Scarpe north-east of Croisilles our thrust drovo back the enemy to Lagnicourt. To the sanguinary loeses suffered by the Australians mu3t be added 475 prisoners, 15 machine guns, and 22 guns captured. French attacks near Vauvaillon and Chivres failed. Intense artillery fire is going on between Soisßons and Reims, where infantry fighting has developed on wide sectors.
French storming attempts on tho Lorraine plain and at Burgundy Gate failed. Between Bmbkobj. Mid Vwdun th«
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 91, 17 April 1917, Page 8
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