THE BATTLE FRONTS.
The High Commissioner reports : — LONDON, April 19, 1.55 a.m. ■ Twice m the last 30 hours our troops penetrated,' at different points, into th? German trenches— once m, daylight yesterday, and once during tho night. On eacli occasion the enterprise met with complete success, a. machine gun emplacement being destroyed and several dug-outs bombed. Our casualties were on© wounded and one missirg. Two German officers and twenty men were killed. *
During the night two small Gorman effort* against our position at St. Eloi. preceded by a heavy bombardment, were successfully repulsed. To-day there are isolated artillery duels at various points.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13973, 20 April 1916, Page 3
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