GERMAN REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS IN PICARDY.
GREAT ARTILLERY BATTLE ON EXTENDED FRONT. Australian and N.Z. Cal£» (Received 7.30 p.m.) AMSTERDAM. Oct. 7. A German communique states: " A great artillery battle on the Soinnio has spread to the north of the Ancre. Our curtain fire quickly suppressed enemy attacks. There has been bitter hand-to-hand fighting south-west of Sailly, and also at Vermandovillers, where we broke a French attack.
"We sanguinarily repulsed an attack between Fregicourt and Bouchavesnes."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16355, 9 October 1916, Page 7
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