STRONG ENEMY ATTACKS ON FRENCH FRONT

Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 154, 2 July 1917, Page 4

STRONG ENEMY ATTACKS ON FRENCH FRONT

GERMANS ROLLED BACK WITH?' HEAVY LOSSES. •

(AusEand N.Z. Assn. nnd Renter.) July 1, 5.5 p.m ■ ft.'- -■ LONDON, June 30. A trench communique says:— JNortheast of Cerny the enemy renewed their strong .attacks, launching two on La Bovelle, supported byf a stream of liquid fire. After a violent hght they gained a foothold in a salient which had been completelyflattened out by the bombardment. , The artillery struggle was continued with extreme. violence' throughout the Avocourt-Morthomme 'l^rV _-.« We f,o»»ter.attacked wesf>: oi Jim _oi, regaining a portion of the trenches previously occupied by th© enemy. ■ -Simultaneously the * Germans undertook a violent offensive west, of Morthomme, on a front of more than two kilometres. A later communique says: 4fterthe bloody defeat inflicted last night }nJi re'f; on i ot _ c<v rnv the ene W: further attacked the French positions north-east of,the village and succeeded, after several fruitless attempts costing heavy losses, in penetrating our first line elements from which we had driven him South-east of Corbenv the GerSack aZ Ched a Pearly violent a«^ack the same night. Several battalions of special assaulting troops attempts to carry the salient on both sides or th^Laon-Rheims road. The waves ol assault were,,broken and' rolled back with heavy losses . On the left of the Meu%: the artillery duel was continued. It was in-

Sense in the sector of Hill 301 and -.Avoecurt Wood.