THE WESTERN THEATRE.
CROWN PRINCE'S EFFORT FAILS. (Received Last K ight, 8.95 o'clock.) PARIS, July C. The Clown Prince's initial attempt to fulfil 'his boast that lie will nierce the line in the Argonne by August 4th, has fizzled out. A formidable attempt was made for ten days beween Four de Paris and Le Grurie Wood to smash our iines. The Grown Prin.ce concentrate.! 45,000 men along a four-mile front, •ffis order was for a prodigious expenditure of high explosives and asphyxiating shells. He tow Ms foroes day and night against .the
French trendies, but iris only, success was a footing beyond the first line, the Germans failing to reach the second trench. Our artillery iiimcted terrible Josses on the Wurtemburgers, who were in massed, formations. The Crown Prince's effort cost at least 10,000 men. The French losses were not Half that number. Official: The mine struggle continues near Pal icy, north of the Aisne. . The combat is with grenades and air torpedoes in the Argonne, without infantry action.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXV, Issue 10713, 6 July 1915, Page 5
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