BRITISH MAKE PROGRESS ON THE ANCRE FRONT.
ARTILLERY DISPERSES STRONG ENEMY FORCES. . FRENCH ACTIVE BETWEEN THE OISE AND THE AISNE. Australian and N.Z. Cable. {Received 11 P.m.) LONDON, March G. p: Br Douglas Haig reports: "We made further progress north-west I of Tries and north of Puisieux. We raided trenches east of BouchavI eß nes. Later our artillery dispersed strong enemy forces massing & . ; for counter-attacks on the trenches recently captured there." |U;:.' S A'' French communique states: "Between the Oise and the Aisne * our destructive fire wrecked enemy organisations north-west of Moulin- ' *ouß-Touvent, We demolished dug-outs north of Autreches. There have been violent artillery actions north? of the Mouse and along the - Bezonvaux front, north of Verdun, but no infantry actions,'! ■ .» ■•■ ...■■ ,: *:V«-i";'■■■ %•', .•■''.•...';;■..'..'. ;..'."• ■ . • • >:-v^:-i-;W:' ■■ ■ i.- •■;: <;-»:.< •■ ■■< . .■■•.•..■•',. .' . • - ■■■•■"--.■,• ■ •.>• , - !■< ■ - 7 -o ■• • . :.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16483, 8 March 1917, Page 7
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