THE BATTLE FRONT.
Tli© High Commissioner reports: — LONDON, July 14, 1.55 p.m. Northwards of the Aisne, m the region southwards of Villeaubois, and on the plateau Vauclero, two German attempted attacks were immediately arrested by our machine-gun fire. Oh the right bank of the Meuse the artillery fighting has been very active ,on the sector Souvil'e and so/roe patrol engagements m Chemois Wood. LONDON, July 13, 11.40 p.m. The artillery on both sides was active to-day. As a result of sharp infantry fighting we not only maintained pressure on the enemy, but appreciably advanced our line at various points of the front. / On one sector we captured some German howitzers and a quantity of ammunition, which will be used against the enemy when suitable opportunity arises.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19160715.2.10.32
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14045, 15 July 1916, Page 3
Word Count
126THE BATTLE FRONT. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14045, 15 July 1916, Page 3
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in