TWO COUNTERATTACKS RE= PULSED.
Received 12.35 a.m., Aug. 20 LONDON, Aug. 18. Sir Douglas Haig reports: Two enemy counter-attacks were made this morning eastward of Loos, in the neighbourhood of Bois Hugo. Our barrage and machine guns drove back the first attack. The enemy, supported by flammenwerfer, failed in their second attack.
Twelve German aeroplanes were brought down, and 18 driven dow».. Twelve of ours are missing.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17066, 20 August 1917, Page 5
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