WESTERN THEATRE
BRITISH OPERATION'S.
(By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright)
(Australian & N.Z. cable Assn & Reuter)
LONDON, January 30, Received January 31, 8.35 p.m.
Sir Douglas Haig reports: We bombed dugouts in the neighbourhood of Buttedewar and Lincourt, and entered the lines eastward of Souchez, greatly damaging the works. Three German aeroplanes were destroyed and three downed.
THE FRENCH REPORT.
LONDON, January 31 Received January 31, 11.30 p.m.
French communique: Between Soissons and Kheims our fire stopped dead two attempts to effect a coup de main. There is rather lively artillery action in Borraine and the Vosges. Our aeroplanes during the night of the 29th and 30th bombarded bivouacs, military factories, and stations.
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Southland Times, Issue 17938, 1 February 1917, Page 5
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