FRENCH FRONT
GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED
(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION AND REOTEB.) . ' ■ , " ' LONDON, 7th June': A French official communique/states : After a bombardment, the Germans delivered several attacks at different points between the Ailette and the Laon
i. road, north-west of Braye-en-Laonais. Our fire immediately smashed two ati • tempts against Montierre Wood. The enemy suffered appreciably. Concen- !; trated efforts north of the Cheinin dcs Damea only succeeded in reaching our
linea at one point, where some portions of our front-line trench remained in the enemy's hands. Everywhere else they were thrown back. There is a lively artillery struggle on the Nieuport sector in Belgium.
The New Zealand High Commissioner reports :— LONDON, 7th June, 3.20 p.m.
A French official message states : North-west of St. Quentin the Germans attacked at midnight on a front of 650 yards, but our violent fire stopped it.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 136, 8 June 1917, Page 7
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