LOCAL ENEMY ATTACK

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16851, 16 May 1918, Page 5

LOCAL ENEMY ATTACK

FOOTING OBTAINED AT ONE POINT AUSTRALIANS RESTORE LINE GERMANS HAMPERED BY RAIN A iter heavy artillery preparation the enemy attacked on a mile front in the neighbourhood of Morlancourt, between the Ancre and Somme Rivers. He obtained a footing in the British lines at one point. Australian troops, counter-attacking, restored the position. The British casualties were light, while heavy losses were inflicted on the enemy. The French in Flanders repulsed an attack upon their sector of the line. Reuter's headquarters correspondent states that the German plans and preparations are being severely impeded by continuous rainfall, the conditions being similar to those encountered by the British forces during the Somme offensive. Reports via Amsterdam state that the activity of the British airmen is causing the Germans attempting to repair the damage done at Zeebrugge by the naval raid to suffer heavily. Little progress is being made. An Italian report states that an enemy attempt to attack on the Monte Corno sector of the line was frustrated. The report of a recent aerial attack on the Austrian submarine base at Cattaro is officially confirmed.