ATTACKING GERMANS
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* ALLIES' COMBINED ASSAULT FRENCHES WON AND PRISONERS CAPTURED SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS MADE SAYS OFFICIAL REPORT. • # FIGHTING ON THE RIGHT-FOUR ARMIES BATTLE ROUND VERDI. OFFICIAL NEWS FROM PARIS. (RECEIVED DECEMBER 16, 10 A.M.) PARIS, DECEMBER 18. A COMMUNIQUE STATES:— THE BRITISH CAPTURED A SMALL WOOD WEST OF WYTESGHAETE, WE RETAINED GROUND WON ON THE YPRES CANAL, WEST OF HOLLEBEKE, NOTWITHSTANDING A VIGOROUS COUNTER ATTACK. WE PROGRESSED IN THE ARGONNE. THE ENEMY VOLENTLY BOMBARDED ST LEONARD, SOUTH OF ST DIE. THE ENEMY'S ARTILLERY IN ALSACE IS VERY ACTIVE. WE HELD OUR GROUND, EXCEPT AT STEINBACH, WHERE GERMAN INFANTRY GAINED A FOOTING.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 1122, 16 December 1914, Page 1
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