BRITISH RECAPTURE TRENCHES FROM THE GERMANS.
SMALL SALIENT OF ENEMY'S ORIGINAL LINE TAKEN ACTIVITY AT, OTHER PARTS OF THE FRONT. "'■ '■ " High . Commissioner's : Cabled ' Message. \ ' (Received March 3, 11 p.m.) . : : ""'/? ■•....-;; : »- .'■ :V-- ?- : \\C.-, ... V, i .- ; London, March 2. ,'' The British this morning, attacked and recaptured Frenches neat '"';'■ the Ypres-Comines Canal, which were lost on February 14. In addition, .■! 'PM they also captured a small salient of the original German line. The " enemy's counter-attack some' hours later was repulsed. The German mine galleries in the captured trenches were destroyed and 180 " ' prisoners taken. There is much artillery activity on both. sides from . Vierstraate to Boesinghe. • .... , &'*£;«. •';'';';:, In Lorraine a bombardment lasting several hours was directed ' on St. Marie Farm, west of Bazange. The- enemy attack following completely failed. •" '* v . ", "''... • In the Artois the French blew up a mine under an old crater occupied by the enemy, taking possession of the new crater. In Alsace attempts by strong German patrols on small posts in the Lauch Valley were repulsed by grenades. • • . ■' '.;s ---,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16169, 4 March 1916, Page 7
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