ANGLO-FRENCH OFFENSIVE.
BRITISH OFFICIAL REPORT. MINOR ATTACKS DBIVEN BACK. ' (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, August 31. ■ Sir Doiigla3 Haig reports: During minor operations we. emitted gas at Arras and' Armcntieres, A German communique says: Near Rocliiicourl we lost a trench' projecting towards the enemy,' FAIiIS, August 31. A communique says: A German coup-de-main at Parroy forest penetrated a portion of our trenches, but a counterattack drove the enemy out immediateiy. The High Commissioner reports:—
_ _. LONDON. August HI, The British official report says: In Hie Martinpuieh operations reported yesterday, 128 Bavarians surrendered without attempting to -return to their own lines,
FRENCH REPORT ADVANCES. (IL'RMAXS ADMIT LOSS OF • SALIENT. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association), Received September 1,8.35 p.m. FAIiIS, September 1, . A communique says:' A grenade attack : on the positions of Maurepas Wood ivttß easily repulsed. Minor operations enabled us''to'make progress southward of Estrees and south-west of Soyecourt Wood. . ( "llcutc'i's Telegrams.") Received September 1, 10.45 p.m.'' LONDON, September 1. Router's Amsterdam correspondent says: To-night's German communique the- first signed by von Ludemjorff, admits that yesterday the Germans lost a salient jutting towards Martinpuieh.
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North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13662, 2 September 1916, Page 5
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182ANGLO-FRENCH OFFENSIVE. North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13662, 2 September 1916, Page 5
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