LATE WAR NEWS.
SPECIOUS EXPLANATION, ». ACCORDING TO PLAN. A:, and N.Z. Cable Aisociation and Eoutei. »i: (Received August 24, 11.35 n.m.), LONDON, August 23. V A wireless German official message says:—Tho British and New Zealanders n|tacked between Mayenncvillo and the Anore, Their first onslaught broke down before our battle positions. Wo captured, in counter-attacks, portions of tl(b ground which wo had coded according to plan. We retired a short distance south-westward of Noyon, and ftlso withdrew our troops from Carlo- ' ' pout Wood to behind the Oise. The enemy gained ground at Blerancourt. (The English made largo scale attacks V northward of Bapnurao and between Albert and the Somme, but they failed.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12405, 24 August 1918, Page 10
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