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OFFICIAL NEWS

The High Commissioner reports as follows: —

LONDON, June 11th, 2.30 a.m. In the north of Arras artillery fighting continues.

The latest reports of the capture of NeuvilLe Saint Vaast prove that the north-east portion, of the village and. fort, which the enemy organised,, were defended with extreme obstinacy.

The French infantry gained the whole position by hand to hand fighting.

The Germans retreated as the last extremity, leaving a number of gnus and nearly a thousand dead.

At Champagne and Bcau-sejpur an attack with more than a battalion, on French trenches, was everywhere repulsed.

On the heights of the Meuse particularly a? Les Eparges, the German, batteries were. reduced to silence.

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Grey River Argus, 12 June 1915, Page 5

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OFFICIAL NEWS Grey River Argus, 12 June 1915, Page 5

OFFICIAL NEWS Grey River Argus, 12 June 1915, Page 5