OVERNIGHT CABLES

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12064, 20 July 1917, Page 2

OVERNIGHT CABLES

*1 THE FRENCH LINES. y. _ ■ ' i ;> yERDIJN FRONT, > ! r AN IMPORTANT ADVANCE. V '■-/Vh Beuter'a TelegTamH. • PARTS, July 18. jXb ia semt-officially stated that yosirday's advance on the left of the ileuse was of considerable importance, ibecauae it releases Hill 304, which the fenemy have been closely pressing. It {has also done irfach to clear the approaches to Verdun. K FRENCH BOLD GAINS. tustxalian and N.Z. Cabl& Association nd Beuter. \ PARIS, July 18. f/A French communique says:—After a violent bombardment the Germans mad© several counter-attacks against jtbe positions we captured yesterday from Avocourt Wood as far as the slopes west of Hill 304. All were shattered with sanguinary losses without regaining the least portion of the conquered ground. NORTH OF THE AISNE. / (tutralian and N.Z. Cable Awociation r.nd Beuter. f PARIS, July 18. ' K French communique says—Wo repulsed German attacks west of Cerney sugar factory. OENEMY REPORT, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and \ Beuter. LONDON, July 18. I A wireless German official message says:—The French attacked over a fivekilometre front between Avocourt ,W'ood and westward of le Mort Homme. 'After bitter fighting they penetrated the south-eastern corner of Malancourt Wood, astride the Malancourt-Esnes road.