GERMAN COUNTER-AT-TACKS DEFEATED.
IMPORTANT FRENCH ADVANCE AT VERDUN. (High (.'ommissioner’s (’able.) LONDON, Sept. 7. '(lie British officially report that under cover of darkness the enemy eoimfer-tut lacked at Lett/e wood, but after hand bo hand l|ghling the Gentians were ili'ivcfu hack, leaving nineteen prisoners, l iyhiinp af Ginchy continues. The .French officially report that a strong German attempt (o dislodge them fronts Hopifal farm, north of (he Somme, wast dispersed with heavy losses to the enemy. South ol (lie Somme German attempts lo reach our new positions south-west <>f Hello yen Santeir... also .south <>l Harlmuix failed, we prisonering 400. On the east, bank of the Meuse, after artillery preparation, we captured the first line of 1500 metres on the Vaux-( 'hapitreClienois front, taking 250 prisoners and ten machine guns,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10471, 8 September 1916, Page 5
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130GERMAN COUNTER-ATTACKS DEFEATED. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10471, 8 September 1916, Page 5
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