FIERCE GERMAN ATTACKS.

Grey River Argus, 23 October 1915, Page 7

FIERCE GERMAN ATTACKS.

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Tlie High Commissioner reports as follows from London, under date of Octo ncr 21st : — Following on yesterday's bombardment east of liheims on a front of eight to nine kilometres, extending between Butte, Detire. and Frunay, tbe Germans renev?fu the attack which failed miserably on the previous day. , Despite the violence of preparatory artillery fire and tbe still increasing density of clouds of asphyxiating gas, the enemy sustained a fresh repulse. On three occasions the assailants attempted to penetrate our 'positions, but were decimated by ; tbe lire of our machine guns and the iiurricane lire of our artillery. The enemy finally stopped before our wirel entanglements and were unable to' gain a footing at any point on our ■ first -Jiiie pf trenches.,. lnt the course ■ 1 (he night we also repulsed a Ger-j man attack on Bois and Givenchy. | Iti Lorraine a surprise attack of the enem}' on our listening station failed . completely. j