UTMOST GERMAN EFFORTS FAIL
FRUITLESS 'ATTEMPT TO GAIN ■|j . INITIATIVE. fAustralian and N.Z; Cable Association-? (Rec. May 17, 12.30 p.m.) .LONDON, May 15. A correspondent at Headquarters says that the .Germans made the utmost, effort to regain the initiative. In the morning they heavily attacked the British positions on the Scarpe northwards to the railway.
JDhe 'British mostly retrieved yesterday's loss at Bullecourt, establishing new posts westward after the recent ■ battle. ";{'. GERMAN COMMUNIQUE. ■ <AtLgtralian an<j N.Z. Cable AssociAiioo., and Reuter., (Admiralty per Wireless Press.) :: - (Rec. Mav 17, 1.5 p.m.) "LONDON, May 16. A German official message says : Eastward of Laneuville we occupied trenches on a six hundred metres front. We repulsed counter-attacks.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 17 May 1917, Page 5
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