BRITISH GAIN MORE GROUND.
SUCCESSFUL ATTACKS AT SEVERAL POINTS. 1 STUBBORN TRENCH FIGHTING. I Miyli Commissioner's CaMe. LONDON, October 2 (1 p.m.). The British official reporl states:—During the night, southward of Aiieiv. we lic;i{ off tin; enemy's counter-attacks. We advanced our position east of Eaucourt L'Abbaye, establishing a front their ;;nd clearing the buildings of the enemy to the West. We also established cur line at ;t point 1200 yards north of (.'ourceletto, in the direction of the Hessian Trench. The enemy s counter-attack forced us to relinquish n portion of the Regina Trench, gained to the northward. There was stubborn fighting here for 24 hours.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 826, 3 October 1916, Page 7
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