STRUGGLE FOR MASTERY IN FRANCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17273, 27 March 1918, Page 5

STRUGGLE FOR MASTERY IN FRANCE

BAPAUME CAPTURED BY ENEMY FIERCE FIGHTING AT MANY POINTS POSITIONS CHANGE HANDS SEVERAL TIMES EVIDENCE OF BRITISH FORETHOUGHT REFUGEES BEMOYED IN AMPLE TIME NOTHING LEFT EOlfc THE GERMANS

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.• that tlle , first impetus of the German thrust ffr e SS Tw m h n< t Seem be makin §' much pro- ? k however > captured Bapaume. +W +r m evacuated territory state that they were warned in ample time bv tho moved The £ V(^ tllin 2 ° f Value was re " , British line, we are told, is everywhere intact, despite German claims to the contrary lnuecisive. Une report mentions positions that changed hands more than once, and while fortunes fluctuate m this manner the German claims a% probing P rematu f e ; Prisoners state that the heaviest blows have yet to be struck, but this may be taken with more than a grain of salt. Meanwhile allied officers, men, and publicists are calmly confirlp-nf n f inVthem^rS 16 B ]X Dd ° US ? tru ™ le now progress, b* desLd & e men 18 all that could