GE RMAN COMMUNIQUE.
(Aumruiiaii arid N.Z. Cable Association) tUeuter'a r»iegram.) (Received October 25, 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 24. A German official report states : A counter-attack almost completely ejected the enemy I'roni our defences on the southern edge of Houthulst Wood. The French between the Ailette and the O.sller heights encountered strong resistance and did not advance owing to heavy losses. Reinforcements later, supported- by armoured cars, broke our positions, reaching Allemant and Chavignon. We withdrew from untenable positions, blowing up our advanced batteries. Simultaneously repeated assaults southward of Filain, also between Braye and Ailles failed. • Between the Riga Gulf and the . Dv'ina we withdrew on Sunday without' interruption on a wide front." Austro-Germans this morning 1 captured the foremost Italian positions near Flitcli, m Tolmino, also on the northern portion of Bainsizza plateau.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14437, 25 October 1917, Page 4
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