IN FRANCE
FRENCH COUPS DE MAIN.
SUCCESSFULLY CAKiiIED PUT,
_ • .LONDON, February 20. A- French communique, sfateg.
/There is,"lively ariillery lire between the Oisid and the/ Aisna arid in tne sector at'Avocourt; We earned out i!uccei!.it'ul coups, de main north of Fleury and west of Wattwiller. GERMAN SUCCESS. SIR DOUGLAS ITAIG'S REPORT. S LONDON, February 20. Sir Douglas 3aig, reports .• Under cover of a heavy bombardment destroying cur itrenches, strong enemy ■.detachments, assisted by flame-throwers', rushed. an advanced post aouth of Le Transloy. We entered damaged positions east of Armontieres and~easit. of Ypres. GERMAN REPORT. BRITISH ATTACKS REPULSED. LONDON, February 20. German Official: We repulsed British attacks, west of Messuses, on the Artoisi front, and captured . points ' south of Le Transloy and north-east-■of-Verdun. . (The Cable news in ihis issue accredited to "The Times" has appeared in that ,'iournal, but only where expressly stated is' such news the editorial opinion of- "The Times."]
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Greymouth Evening Star, 22 February 1917, Page 6
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