A LENGTHY OPERATION
. SUCCESS NOT TOO DEARLY . BOUGHT. GERMAN COUNTER-ATTACKS REPULSED. r , ■ (Australian and N-Z. Cable Association.) (Rec. July 4, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, July 3. Marcel Butin, in the Echo de Paris, says;that the British progress is slower than the French. This is -due to the difficulty of tie ground. The Allies are engaged, in a lengthy operation in which there is plenfcv of "work for artillery before the atta'ck. . It is gratifying that the haul of prisoners, besides the strategic result obtained was not paid for too dearly. "The Germans facing the Britisli multiplied their counter-attacks all day and night, and were sanguinarily repuked. . . , ~ /Altogether the situation is favourable.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 4 July 1916, Page 5
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