THE WESTERN FRONT.
ENEMY ATTACK ON NEW POSITIONS REPULSED. GREAT AERIAL ACTIVITY. (Australian ancl N.Z. Cable Association.' (Reuter's Telegram.) LONDON, May 1. Sir Douglas Haig reports : — The enemy's attack on our new positions between Monchy-le-Preux and the Scarpe river was completely repulsed. Hostile artillery is active on both banks of tho Scarpe. There is great aercal activity. Bombs were effectively dropped behind tlv? enemy's lines, causing several fires and j also a large explosion. Three trains were hit. The enemy fought hard to protect the points attacked. Twenty German aeroplanes wer<j downed, and 15 of ours are missing.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14287, 2 May 1917, Page 3
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