\n attack has been mado on a front of over nine miles from La Douve River, smith of Messines, to north of Ypres. Messines lias been captured by New Zealanders and Australians, and Wytschaete by Irish troops. A second attack captured Oosttnverne, beyond Wytschaete, and the enemy's defences east of the village, on a front of live miles. As a result of these successes, the Ypres salient haa been wiped out*
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16561, 9 June 1917, Page 7
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