HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MESSAGES.
y Tlie High s Commissioner -ri?port.^: :.w .'. A French official report states :,dh, the. I sector of Gerfty. a 1 bombardnient- by^ Jarge calibre .shells, -of redQub'le.di.inteiTsity|to-. ward^y the end ; of . last •■ night, , w_ast • $Vp\ oeeded f by a very 'violent-: enemy .Sttt^ck. eastward; of Oerjiy, which -was .occupied %ty a fpont ,of 500 metres by pur^line ele^ tflents. The trenches were -deluged with projectiles and -were -evacuated, by, our troops..- The concentrated fire of our> batteries, cq,use.d .greatr /^ m. - .;^he. enemy ranks. r - - :> ' : , '•■•
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14340, 3 July 1917, Page 5
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87HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MESSAGES. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14340, 3 July 1917, Page 5
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