GERMANS ADMIT LOSS OF LANGEMARCK.
Received 5.5 p.m., Aug. 19. LONDON, Aug. 18. Wireless German Official. —There was an increased artillery duel on the coast north-eastward• of Ypres. The enemy launched this afternoon a strong surprise local attack astride the Boesinghe-Staden railway. As a result we lost Langemarck after severe fighting. We occupy 'the flat bend in front of the village. We brought down twenty-sis aeroplanes.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17066, 20 August 1917, Page 5
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