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MARKED ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. . GERMAN ATTACKS. ( (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, This day. The High Commissioner reports:— French official.—West of the Mouse there was a very violent bombardment in the region of Hill 304. At Morthomme a small German attack on the trenches we recently conquered was stopped by a curtain of fire. British official.—The artillery on both sides are active at Maricourt. Near Monchy the enemy, after a heavy bombardment, raided the trenches, causing gome casualties. At Double Grassier the British followed a mine explosion by a small successful raid on dug-outs, and bombed the enemy, with casualties. At Hooge we sprang a mine, damaging the enemy’s underground workings.
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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7717, 6 May 1916, Page 3
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