IN FRANCE

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 February 1917, Page 5

IN FRANCE

THE BRITISH ADVANCE.

,'... STEADY PROGRESS MADE.

LONDON, February 27,

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas ilaig re. ports: Our .advance, haji been maintained unci extends over - aneievenmile front eaatwa.nl of Gueudecourt to the southward of Gommecourt, to a depth of two miles. We occupy tho Butte de Warloncourt and the villages Warlencdurt, Eaucourt,. Pya aad Miraumbnt. and reache.d the outskirts of Lebarque, Irles, P.uiapeuxaumontn and Pviissebaumpnt. We repulsed with loss an attack on a British post southward of the Somme. We successfully raided trenches in the neighbor, of Arran, Monchyan Bois, and Lena

FRENCH RAID SUCCESSFUL.

PATROL ENCOUNTERS FREQUENT.

[AUSTRALIAN ANI> N.Z. CAjJLE ASSOCIATION.]

Received this day at 11 a.m. LONDON, February 27-, A French com in unique states: Our raid on tire German lines south-east of Y-ailly brought back prisoners. There were patrol encounters in the region of Bezonwaux and Vosges.

BRITISH REPULSED,

A GERMAN REPORT

Received lhi<j dav at 12.20 pan LONDON, February 27.

Wireless German official.— Of numerous English advances between Ypres and the Somme, only one reached our trenches-east of Arras. Our counter-attack drove them out. The activity on the East front lias increased with the decreasing cold.