STRONG RESISTANCE MET NORTH OF THE SOME.
' ; GROWING EVIDENCE OP COMPLETENESS OF SURPRISE. DUG-OUTS REMINISCENT OF ANZAC ON RIVER BANK. 'Australian and N.Z. > (Received 55 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 9. The correspondent of the - Daily Chronicle says that the advance north of the Somme continues slow. Morlancourt is still in the enemy's hands. A strong counter-attack on Thursday afternoon resulted in the Germans recapturing Gressaire Wood, south-east of Morlancourt, and also Chipilly, from which he inflicted damage on our tanks and guns during their advance ovor the plain. Evidence of our surprise having been startling, is shown by the fact that ruined houses and dug-outs were full of personal belongings, letters, official papers, photographs, books, and clothing. Row upon row of dugouts and caves had been constructed in the chalky cliffs of the Somme, reminiscent of the Anzao precipice of caves, but the Pomme shelters were in the open plain, and from 20ft to 30ft deep.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16926, 12 August 1918, Page 6
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