THE BATTLE FRONTS.
The High Commissioner reports :-- LONDON, January 11, 10.25 a.m. In Mesopotamia the greater part of Turkish trenches on the right bank of the Tigris near Kut were captured.
GERMAN COMMUNIQUE.
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) : (Reuter's Telegram.! (Admiralty per Wireless Press.) (Received January 13, 12.15 p.m.) LONDON, January 12. A German official report states: The English twice vainly attacked north of the Ancre.. Our counter-attack north of Theacourt thrust them back from the positions gained. We stormed several positions on both sides of the Oituz road, capturing booty and' prisoners. We pushed back the Russians between JJraalo and' OaHatz, towards th" Serelh. We captured Laburna. Armed enemy vessels atempted on the night of the 10th to pass, laaccla. We sank >ne, another grounded. Thp| enemy fruitlessly attacked the Austro-Bulgnrians behind Urnava, south of Lake Qchrida.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14196, 13 January 1917, Page 3
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138THE BATTLE FRONTS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14196, 13 January 1917, Page 3
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