DAY LONG FIGHTING

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 155, 3 July 1916, Page 4

DAY LONG FIGHTING

BRITISH OCCUPY FORTIFIEDr ■■ ;/-;^':' i;-;v;^•VILLAGE^ r.m

A VIOLENT BAtTC-Ei-

'Australian and N. Z. Cable Association. M (Received July 2. 11,30-p.tn^ : :r •■■•■ ;■::..■.■:..:■:■: ■• IX)NiypNy; July % ■■':,,;. ■,: :Su:''l|Qtiglas^-Hai&,;;'repor.ts.:' • Ther#._ /was heavy ;fighting|;all :da^ vjlong/;b^*;. tween* the -Somme; Ahd the., Ai\cm, anoi v norbhwa^a: of;:^b'e^:An(st-e J"'as .^fiu;V:asfcv. v Gommepourt, inclusive. ■ v ; Th e« fire }oOi, : the whale of this front^onfim'es itsi;; > intensity.;'' '.• •;.. ■'•- .-.■ -:V.:;:■.';.,'.■■'■•■•-V^i" ''-'■ We. dtptui-'KI on' ; the wgrit; ,pf, v thi*/.. Xabyrinthi trenches ■ 'in ;'hi seven-nul© irbnt''tb;^^depfli.-of-:-10pp.:.yaxds;:-\WGiv istormed and occupied the; stirorigly-^ fortified>villages of;:y;Mont^uban'■andf,^ jytajmeta, and^r gained;'- in if ;■ .'contra- .';■ a^taclv-ori a four-mile ■;; front; nianjff ppintsV."-..: The eueniy; at.;others ardv, still reiasting^^^ThO; struggle liere i* /i-evere..o '• '"■:.'':::'\::'^}:, -;.v v ■'■■;'."'■.■,. ;■■--■ Yailey''vtoC'-6ato3h'ec6rtrt;\'-^%;-^'^e'«na3Jy;. - Violent. ■: Hare:'W©V Ay-em tinal>?e twA rel;ain> ■ portions of:■• grpiind gained -:.V$.-k libie."first?.-attacks but-retainCbthers^.:,; 11: ■ Upw&dg of 2000': Gernians were ma derV; prisoners vi iitieluxJing:^tw"o regiTnenial jegimei^al/statt^v;.!. : '^;-v:' :^ i^V;I.;' U :;•