GERMAN WIRELESS REPORTS.
ADMIT FRENCH VICTORY. WITHDRAWAL FROM RIGA GULF. LONDON, Oct. 24. A wireless Gorman oflicial message states:--“A counter-attack almost completely ejected the enemy from our defences on the southern edge of Houthulst wood. “The French between Diletto and Ostel Heights encountered strong resistance and did not advance owing to heavy losses. Reinforcements later, supported by armoured cars, broke our positions, reaching the untenable positions, blowing up advanced batteries. Simultaneously repeated assaults south of Fa Haiti and also between Urayvilles failed. “ik'tween Riga Gulf and Duia, we withdrew on Sunday without interruption on a wide front. “Austro-Germans in tiio morning captured the foremost Italian position near Flilchtolzno, also the northern portion of Dainsizza.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10117, 26 October 1917, Page 5
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