HOT ACTIONS FOUGHT NORTH OF ARRAS.
•/ ' STRONG GERMAN POSITIONS CAPTURED. ;-' :'■ li^\r -i ■'/'-'-• fci. .->•;-■' v: ■ /< ■ ';■ ' ' * '. ' r " • "V* 1 ' '£*.£ -rY.Z~ . ?'/■•'■ ''■/■• ' v. "*,.,.'. '. -. r T!v-v r rJ*oif-p~ "' • ■ f ■ ■ .■■■:■■ ~ ■ ■;,. '&■_;..'•.'.* i '■•■ ? r 'BELGIANS REPULSE attacks near DIXMUDE. ; ...^...;■.'..., -.;■.) .•;;,.;. • Wellington, May 28. . I"" ' The High Commissioner reports from London on May 27: "North ■ of Arras several hot actions to-day resulted in fresh successes for the '"' allies. In the region of. Angres two enemy counter-attacks were repulsed. The allies remain masters of all positions previously cap- • tured. The German losses were again very heavy. East of x Ablain ,'..„''',' St. Nazaire an energetic attack by' the allies resulted in the capture of German trenches and a cemetery in which the enemy had been ", strongly established. Four hundred prisoners were taken, including many officers. '„ i, "... "Last night Belgian troops repulsed two attacks north and south of Dixmude, the first by a counter-attack,' the second by fire."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15930, 29 May 1915, Page 8
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