FRENCH OPERATIONS

Nelson Evening Mail, 19 May 1917, Page 5

FRENCH OPERATIONS

COUNTER ATTACKS AT LAFFAUN. HEAVY GERMAN 1 LOSSES. (Anstrali*?: an 3 N.Z. Ciao'i Association, "t and Router-i £X>NT>ON. May 17A French communique says: Fresh enemy attempts to .retake the ground we gained 4 n the Laffaux mill region failed. The; struggle, which was very lively at. "certain points, turned everywhere to- our advantage. The enemy suffered heavy losses. We took more prisoners. : " Our barrages ■ inflicted heavy losses on three German assaulting _ detachments which made several fruitless attsmpts to : reach : our lines 'at farm, in-the Epine de" Chevregny sector, north-west of Berny-en-Laormois-FRENCH ADVANCE AT GHAONNE AND BERRY-ATT-BAC. J Australia® and N.Z. Cable Association ' ~ and:Reuter.) ' _ liOJmON, Mky 18. A French, communique says : We completely re-established the line north of Laffaux mill. We appreciably advanced east of Craonne and .at Hill "108, south of Berry - au-Bac. ; .. GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT. [Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) and Reater.2 x (Admiralty per Wireless Press.) . ■ LONDON, May 17. A German official _ message says: — "We advanced our line some hundreds of metres near Vauxaillon, eastward . 0 f Laffaux. We; captured an advanced position west of and near Brave. During May we tooK French prisoners." REPORTED DEPRESSION IN GERMANY. (Rec. May 19, 12.35 p.m.) LONDON, May 18. Advices from iSweden state that the Anglo-French offensived has proviked deep emotion in Germany, owing to the heavy losses. . There is sharp dieagreement over the conduct of operations. This has even arisen between the Kaiser and Hiridenburg.