DESPERATE GERMAN ATTACKS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17060, 13 August 1917, Page 5

DESPERATE GERMAN ATTACKS.

LONDON, August 10. !■ rench communique.—We continued our progress in Belgium, and occupied during the night several farms east of ihxschoote and we.it of Langeniarck. A German attack 0:1 a front of one kilometre in the Fayet region, norcli of St. Quentin. was broken by our fire. We repulsed it with loss, except in the centre, where some enemy fractions obtained a footing in a small area of outadvanced elements ' '

There was a recrudescence of the bombardment during the night in th° whole region south of Allemont ani north of the Aisne. The enemy at dawn violently attacked, from Pantheon Farm to Chevrigny Kidge. Thres battalions, supported "by storming troops, attempted to assault our lines at various times. Our accurate hre stopped the assailants on most of th^ front, (inflicting- the iieiaviest losses" Some enemy elements which penetrated our trenches were killed or taken prisoner after hand-to-hand fighting, n which our men showed admirable dash. We hold .ill the positions. Other German attempts, notably south of Allies southeast or Chevrouz, in the region ci Vauquois, towards Avocourt, *and north-west of Flirey, also failed under our fire with appreciable losses.