FRENCH AT VERDUN
HILL 304 CAPTURED
ALL OBJECTIVES EXCEEDED
' The New Zealand High Commissioner reports: —■■
LONDON, 24th August, 3.20 p.m.
French official report: To the left of the Meuse at 4.50 this morning, we .attacked between Avoeourt Wood and Mort Homme. AH our objectives were reached and largely exceeded.
Hill 304 (west of the Mort Homme), which was formidably organised, was captured, also Camarad Wood, and aline of firmly fortified works to the south of Forges. The average depth of our penetration is over 2000 yards.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 48, 25 August 1917, Page 8
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