MORT HOMME
FRENCH GAIN AT CAILLETTE WOOD. ( PARIS, May 25. A communique states that infantry actions continued east of Morfc Homme. Our artillery stopped the enemy from debouching at Cumieres. A sharp . ' counter-attack in the afternoon enabled us to xe<»pture the trenches on the southern edge of the ■village.! Two newly-arrived Bavarian divisions made desperate attacks at Fort de Douaumonfc throughout- the day. After several 'fruitless attempts, cost-ing-enormous losses, the enemy re-occu-pied the ruins ox the fort. "We hold the immediate * approaches. . A German attempt to storm Caiilette "Wood completely failed.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 26 May 1916, Page 5
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