BRITISH ADVANCE THEIR LINE.
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Reuter's Telegram.) (Received April 9, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 8 (2.30 p.m.) Sir Douglas Haig reports : We advanced our line slightly during the night on ,£hg . spv\h, bank of^the . Som^ie^ -eastward of Vire sous Corbie. ;■'*_' '"' > TJiera. was. increased hostile artillerying during '-, the nigh.t on the wliole battlefront. Heavy hostile' gas shelling occurred between Lens and La Bassee Canal, also eastward of Armentieres. Th High Commissioner reports:— LONDON, April Bth, 11.40 a.m. , Sir Douglas Haig reports :- On the feoiith bank of the Somme, eastward of, Vairesonsoorbie, we advanced our line slightly dtiring the niglit. . There was increased! - enemy arti^evying .. on the whole battle front during th 6 riight<
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14574, 9 April 1918, Page 5
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