STEADY BRITISH NIBBLE.
SITUATION ON THE WEST FRONT. OUR BOYS CREEPING SLOWLY FORWARD. MORE TRENCHES GAINED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Kenter’s Telegrams.) (Received Feb. 12, 6.45 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 12. Sir Douglas Haig reports:.—We captured a strong system of trenches at the southern foot of Serre Hill on a three-quarter mile front. We took 215 prisoners, which exceeds the total of our casualties. We drove back the enemy south of Sailly Saillisel, and entered his trenches in the neighborhood of Pys, La Bassee, Neuve Chapelle, and Fauquissant. A French communique reports moderate artillerying and successful air operations. Factories and blast furnaces in Lorraine villages were bombed ; also aerodromes at Clomar and Zeebrugge.
“CROSS THE YSER!” I KAISER’S PATHETIC APPEAL. (Australian and N.Z. Cahl& Assn.) (Received Feb. 13, 1 a.m.) ROTTERDAM, Feb. 13. It is reported that the Kaiser has issued the following order:—“My armies have passed all rivers. I nowask them to cross the Yser.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4472, 13 February 1917, Page 5
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156STEADY BRITISH NIBBLE. Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4472, 13 February 1917, Page 5
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