FORTIFIED POSITION CAPTURED
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Rec. Aug. 3, 11.10 a.m.) . . .; .. PARIS, Aug. 2. A communique says : We captured a fortified position between Hem Wood and Monacn Farm. After a series of unsuccessful gas attacks the Germans gained slightly at .Vaux Chapitre
GERMAN COMMUNIQUE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Rec. Aug. 3. 11.10 a.m.) BERLIN. Aug. 2. A communique says strong enemy forces vainly attacked' from Maurepas to the Somme. Our counter-attack caused sanguinary losses. The enemy penetrated the Maricourt-Clery road. We progressed north-west of Thiaumont.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 3 August 1916, Page 5
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