THE GERMAN SIDE.
Official Claims,
I/ONDON, April 5 (11 p.m.). A wireless Gorman official message says m-AHacking yesterday south of (lio Somme and on both sides of Mornul, we throw the one my out of strong positions and broke up Anglo-French reserves. In storming attack wo took Hamel mid ivomlod dislriots northoiist and south-oast of Villers-Brctton-ncaux, also a castle and Ala hilly on the west bank of the Avro. The onoiny desperately resisted on tho whole front, sustaining unusually severe losses. "We took several thousand prisoners. Von Hutior, between March 21 and 29 took 51,218 prisoners and captured 729 gnus, flio booty to date is 90.000 prisoners ami over 1300 guns.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12286, 8 April 1918, Page 3
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