A COUNTER ATTACK REPULSED.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11616, 15 August 1918, Page 5

A COUNTER ATTACK REPULSED.

FIGURES CONCERNING PRISONERS

’ CAPTURES OF MATERIAL

London, August 14

The French repulsed a counterattack on the Lasaigny massif after stubborn fighting Although the French hold the crest, the Germans still hold out on the north-eastern spur. There is no nows tr-day concerning the French couutsr-attack at Les Loges Wood, from which they were driven last night. Although She figures cabled represent the number ot prisoners ac tually coliiued, the authorities do not regard the Paris estimate of forty thousand as over optimistic. The French captured over IGOO ma-chine-guns, and the British an enor mens number, but have had no opportunity to count them The enemy is apparently making preparation for retirement by burn ing tie villages between Peronns and Gbaulnes, but there are no signs of confusion or congestion behind the lines FRENCH RENEWAL OF ATTACK. STILL MAKING PROGRESS. <a Loudon, August 14, A French communique states: During the day we renewed our attacks between the Matz and the Oise, and despite strong resistance, we made some progress. Northeast of Oury we gained a footing in Plessier de Roye park and reached Belval. Further east, we captured lines to two kilometres north of the village Cambraca.