FURTHER FRENCH SUCCESSES NORTH OF VERDUN.
ADVANCE ON THE FLEURY VILLAGE AND STATION. OVER 1100 NON-WOUNDED GERMANS CAPTURED. High Commissioner's Cabled Message. LONDON. August 8. A French communique says On the right bank of the Meuse, north of Verdun, German counter-attacks on trenches taken yesterday were repulsed everywhere. Our curtain of fire and infantry broke the .efforts of the adversary, who suffered heavy losses. " Following up our advantages we considerably advanced south of Fleury, reaching the village and passing the station- The number of prisoners taken yesterday in the region of Fleury is over 700, bringing the total to over 1100 non-wounded Germans brought into our lines on the right of the Meuse. "In the rear of Vaux, Chapitre, and Chenois, there is intense artillery action, but no infantry fighting. "In the Apremont forest, enemy patrols were dispersed by our fire."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16300, 5 August 1916, Page 7
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