VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT.
FRENCH PENETRATE THE ENEMY LINES. {Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Reuter's Telepram.) PARIS, May 18. A French communique states i — There -was a violent bombardmen.t at night in the region of Hailles: ... We repulsed an enemy , raid ;in the •direction of Me&nil St. Georges and took prisoners. Our detachments penetrated the enemy lines at two points south of Canny-sur-and brou gbt back prisoners. Enemy aeroplanes crossed our lines, and bombed several places behind the front. Some of tlie nmchines'approaohed Paris, where the alarm was given at 10.23, and a'l clear at 11.2. Bombs were dropped ou tho outer suburbs. •■_ ' LONDON, May 19. A ± reuch comuiuque states : — There"- are violent bomibardimeiits at various points north and south of the Avre.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14609, 20 May 1918, Page 3
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