SOMME COUNTER-ATTACKS.
SIX GERMAN ASSAULTS
AGAINST THE BRITISH.
NOT ONE SUCCEEDS.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.
LONDON, August 17. Sir Douglas Haig reports i North-west-ward ' Bazentin. we captured 100 yards of trenches. >'
Renter's Telegrams.
~ August 18. Sir Douglas Haig reports : Tho enemy Snade most_ determined counter-attacks with large forces over a broad front last night. Six times the German infantry advanced, but withdrew after suffering very heavy losses, our guns doing great execution. The enemy in no case succeeded in entering our lines. The enemy's counter-attack to-day from Martinpuich was repulsed.
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Evening Star, Issue 16197, 19 August 1916, Page 5
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