SIR DOUGLAS HAIG’S REPORT.
BAUDS BY AUSTRALASIANS
SATISFACTORY NEWS
.Received this day at 11.40 a.m. LONDON, July 20. , Sir Douglas Haig reports that the British have regained a little ground at Delville Wood and Longueval. The struggle continues. We have also pushed forward in a line north of Longueval and Bazentine and east of Leipsic Redoubt. Our bombing parties made substantial advance at night east of Leipsic Redoubt. Elsewhere the main battle is chiefly artiller yfire, with no alterations in the positions.
The diary of a German commanding officer shows that from July Ist the Sixth Bavarian Regiment fighting at Montanban lost 8000 out of 8000; a battalion of the 190th Regiment' lost 980 men out of 1200; two other battalions of the 190th Regiment lost over half their effective strength, We carried out yesterday evening south of Armentieres some important raids on a front of two miles, wherein the Australasians took part.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 July 1916, Page 5
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