COMPLETE REPULSE OF ENEMY ASSAULTS.
HUNS SUFFER VERY HEAVY LOSSES, ATTEMPTED MURDER OF KERENSKY. BRITISH AIR BOARD TO INCREASE AEROPLANE FLEET. THE FRENCH HAVE REPULSED, WITH VERY HEAVY ENEMY LOSSES, DESPERATE ASSAULTS UPON THEIR POSITIONS IN THE VICINITY OF CRAONNE, NORTH OF THE AISNE. THE FIGHTING WAS OF THE MOST STUBBORN CHARACTER. DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF THE RECENT SUCCESSFUL WORK BY THE FRENCH FORCES ON THE VERDUN FRONT. A CABLEGRAM FROM PETROGRAD REPORTS AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE M. KERENSKY. THE RUSSIAN MINISTER OF WAR. THE BRITISH AIR. BOARD HAS DECIDED TO STRENGTHEN THE AERIAL BRANCH BY IMPROVED METHODS OF PRODUCTION IN ORDER TO ASSURE VICTORY NEXT YEAR.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12065, 21 July 1917, Page 9
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