DISASTROUS DEFECT Of ENEMY.
FIRST PHASE OF BATTLE DECIDED
IN OUR FAVOR
' \tistfsJian and N.Z. Gable Association.} LONDON, April 30. Mr." Philips Gibbs writes: — The battle " «s>ntinnes, but the first phase has been decided mi n our favor. The Germans tiava still many unused divisions, but if they agp spent like today the enemy's plans tot a decisive victory will be thwarted for ever. Surely to God the German people will tfre of making the fields of France and Flanders the graveyard of' their youth I Mr. Gib'bs, m a later message, writes : "'lt becomes clearer every hour that the enemy has suffered a disastrous defeat. Our artillery and infantry smashed attack after attack, and the enemy did not capture a, single foot."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14593, 1 May 1918, Page 3
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