ARTILLERY CONTESTS.
ALLIES HOLD ADVANTAGE.
BRITISH RETAKE TRENCHES.
'Wellington-, February l
The High Commissioner reports as follows from London. January 31, 5.5 p.m. : Paris reports that the action yesterday along nearly the whole front was limited to an artillery duel. The cannonading was intense, the allies having everywhere the advantage.
At La Bassee the British retook all tlio trenches momentarily lost.
From Arras to Perthes- several of the enemy's works were destroyed, while their trenches also suffered. Bombs dispersed enemy gatherings, bivo'iacs, and convoys.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15833, 2 February 1915, Page 8
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84ARTILLERY CONTESTS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15833, 2 February 1915, Page 8
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