GERMAN ATTACK IN THE CHAMPAGNE MASTERED.
FRENCH DISLODGE ENEMY FROM ADVANCED TRENCHES RESERVOIRS OF POISON GAS DESTROYED. Wellington, December 9. The High Commissioner reports from London under date Bth insfe, as follows: " In the Champagne the French have continued to progress in advanced trenches where the enemy took foot yesterday south of St. Souplet. East of "the Butte de Souain counter-attacks succeeded in mastering the German attack, which was disorganised Last night the fight was continued in order to recapture the positions occupied by the enemy. '' In the Argonne, close to Bethincourt, the French destroyed reservoirs of poison gas. ■' A fast German aeroplane, chased by a French machine, was attacked by a mitrailleuse, set on fire, and exploded. The two passengers were killed." j
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16097, 10 December 1915, Page 7
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