GERMANS BRISKLY REPLY TO BRITISH ARTILLERY.
SIR DOUGLAS HAIG CONSOLIDATES GROUND GAINED. ENEMY'S FRUITLESS EXPLOSION OF A MINE. lell Commissioner's Cabled Message. LONDON. August 3. Sir Douglas Haig reports: "During the night the work of consoliatang the ground gained and the opening of communication trenches . as con tinued. Our guns were active and the enemy retaliated briskly the evening firing upon Maltzhorn farm, near Longueval, and also «Pon the woods at Mametz, Fricourt, and Becourt, and the village of ozieres. The fire slackened down at dawn. H rrii •■■fle enemy exploded a mine near Souchez, but there were no laities, and no damage was done*'*
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16300, 5 August 1916, Page 7
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