HAIG'S IATESI REPORT.
STRONG ENEMY ATTACKS x, \ REPULSED. COUNTER-ATTACKS GAIN US GROUND.' ENEMY'S LOSSES HEAVY. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Reuter's Telegram.) (Received March 30, 2 p.m.) LONDON,, March 29. , Sir Douglas Haig reports : — There were further strong eneniy attacks yesterday morning and evening at several points northward of the Somme. j Wo maintained positions, and also gained ground in several places by successful tounter-attacks. We captured prisoners and machine-guns-The enemy's casualties were exceedingly heavy. His frequent attacks Hvere pressed with great determination all day? only gaining outpost lines after severa? hours of severe hand-to-hand fighting. His reserves were - v then sent forward against our battle positions, but were everywhere thrown back with great loss? Our machine-guns, artillery, and rifle fire / did great execution, ' Southward of the Somme there was heavy and continuous fighting' until late in the evening. .? After maintaining our line all day, in the face of repeated assaults by superior forces, we withdrew a short distance from the advanced positions.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14566, 30 March 1918, Page 6
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163HAIG'S lATESI REPORT. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14566, 30 March 1918, Page 6
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