GERMAN COMMUNIQUE
75,000 PRISONERS SINCE 27th MAY.
LONDON, 11th June, 11.30 p.m. ! Admiralty, per Wireless Press:—A I German official report states: The enemy i attacked this evening between the Ancre I and the Somme, effecting a local break j through on Hie Corbie-Braye-road. Ouv j coutitcY-attack stopped tlie advance. We maintain the lines which were cap- ' turorl southward of Assainvillcrs against violent counter-attacks. We are fighting in the neighbourhood of Oourcellea and Jlery, and have captured a ridge eastward of Mery, breaking through tiio fourth enemy position, and thrown back the enemy to the Aronde. We fought across the Mate, and in spite of a- stubborn defence stormed the heights of Marqjieglise and Vignemont, and pressed forward as far as Antheuil. We advanced as far as liibescourt. The total of our prisoners has increased by more than ten thousand since 27th ■■'May. The Crown Prince iias taken 75,000 prisoners. Renewed enemy attacks north-west of Chateau Thierry broke down with heavy losses
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 140, 13 June 1918, Page 7
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