FORTY GERMAN ASSAULTS NORTH OF THE AISNE.
PERSISTENT FAILURES SINCE EARLY IN MAY.
SPECIAL ASSAULTING TROOPS FRUITLESSLY SACRIFICED. Australian „* N . Z . Cab.e. .Received «.„ a . m , LONDONf fi.M u C ° rr 1 08 5 ,ondent of the Daily Chronicle, describing the fighting north of the Aisne( writes: The battle of the three plateaux continued throughout yesterday with an intensity equalling some of that on the Meuse. The German bombardment, which lasted six -lours, «aa unpreuedenUy severe. Then came waves of Guards and storming troops with reckless daring. They were repeatedly driven back, but eventually gained only a part of <he first line trenches on the northern edge of California Plateau. It is difficult to understand the enemy's efforts to regain the Chemin des Dames line. Is early 40 serious assaults have been delivered here since May 4. The mystery 18 probably due to the failure of submarines, and an endeavour to force peace before the Americans come.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16600, 25 July 1917, Page 7
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