SOME LIVELY FIGHTING

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 27 September 1918, Page 5

SOME LIVELY FIGHTING

ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACKS

REPULSED

LONDON, Sept. 25. Sir Douglas Haig (reports: There was local fighting in the morning Sn the ■neighborhood of Selency, which we capr tured with, several prisoners. Our iifl« and machine gun fire Broke up with loss three counter-attacks north-west of Fayet. -We beat off the enemy's attempted eurpriee eastward of Epehy. Many German dead were left in front of our positions. We repulsed raiders at night-time south-east of Ginchy. A strong enemy party entered a post in the neighborhood of Moeuvres, but was ejected by a counter-attack.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. and Reuter.

LONDON, Sept. 24 (4.30 p.m) A French communique reports artillery activity in the region of St. Quentin and between the Adlefcte and the Aisne. The German attack in the region of Moisy farm failed completely. On the Vesle front there has Deen a lively artillery struggle. We repulsed enemy raids Hoa the Champagne and . Lorraine, and we made a- sucoessful raid in Lorraine.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter.

LONDON, Sept. 26. French) communique states: West <jf St. Quentin the enemy attempted .to eject .us from Epine de Dallon. but all his assaults were repulsed. Between the Ailette and the Aisne, the day was marked by violent enemy count«rattacks on Moisy farm plateau, and in the region north of Allemant, where desperate fighting took place all day long. Despite (repeated! efforts, the enemy failed to (recover our gains of the previous days. He lost heavily and left prisoners.—Aue.-N.Z. Cable Assn. and Reuter.

LONDON. Sept. 25. Wireless German official: The French and British (resumed the attack on St. Quentdm and gained a footing in Pontruet, Gricourtj Francilly and Selency. We recaptuored Pontruet and Gricourt. •—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aesn. and Reuter.