FRENCH POSITIONS IMPROVED.
SUGGfcSS OF THE ITALIAN OFFENSIVE.
GORZ HEIGHTS CAPTiIRLD.
DESPERATE SiTU&TIiiH IN KUSSIA.
Sir Douglas Haig reports'than the capture of B\i!le« court was completed on Thursday after severe fi^ktmg* On the French front further counter-attacks were repulsed, and ihe French extended their positions in the Oraonne and Berry-au-Bac regions ?he Italian offensive continues to meet with success The heights round Gorz have been captured, and important progress has been made at otrier points. Hussi*u Correspondents give most gloomy accounts of the situation, which seems to be growing dai.t>- more desperate.
The eablo news in this issue accredited to "Tho Times'' has appeal »jd in •hat journal, but only where expressly stated U such news the " editorial opinion of "The Times."
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Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14408, 19 May 1917, Page 5
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122FRENCH POSITIONS IMPROVED. Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14408, 19 May 1917, Page 5
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