BOMBARDMENT INTERMITTENT.
By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. Tho High Commissioner reports:— LONDON. April 7 (5.30 p.m.). A French official report says that west of the Meuse in tho course of the night, by an attack following a violent bombardment of our positions between Bethincourt and Hill 267, the enemy penetrated our first line of ■ trenches between Bethincourt and Chaitoncourt. A counter-attack immediately ejected "him from the greater part of the ground occupied. The enemy holds only advanced elements over a length of 300 yards. East of the Meuse bomb{*rdm£nt has been intermittent. Progress was con tinued towards the enemy's advanced trenches south-east of Fort Douaumont,.There has been slight artillery activity at Woevre. The night was calm on the rest :>f iLc front.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11669, 8 April 1916, Page 9
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