ANGLO-FRENCH IN GOOD POSITION.
DOMINATING RIDGE CAPTURED.
EXTRAORDINARILY SUCCESSFUL FRENCH ATTACKS.
(Received July 23, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 22. Sir Douglas Haig's report shows that the British new position seriously threatens the, German third line at Foureaux Wood, the highest ground m, the sector. The ridge commands the German positions beyond, where the country is less broken and less.wooded. Latest accounts show that the Frencn attacks were yesterday extraordinarily successful. Picked troops were chosen to attack the German positions from Hardecourt Height to the river at Faiiosi and Biaches. The attackers left then* trenches at dawn. By nine they had completed the task, which the staff expected would occupy the entire i day. The German counter-attacks left ! the French masters of all the captured positions. .
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16704, 24 July 1916, Page 5
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