TOE FRENCH CAMPAIGN.
GERMANS' DESPERATE ATTACKS
REPULSED.
Received 5.5 p.m., Aug. 19. LONDON. Aug. 18 French Communique.—ln Belgium, an enemy attack on our new positions on both, sides of Steenbeck completely tailed.
The enemy yester-evening, after an intense bombardment, vigorously attacked on a two kilometre front, between Vauclerc Mill and California Plateau, inclusive. They were repulsed by artillery and rifle fire. They did not succeed in reaching our lines anywhere.
Violent and repeated attacks on the positions we recently won east of Cerny were also sanguinarily defeated. After a short bombardment, the Germans yesterday evening violently attacked between Cauperes Wood and Bezonvaux, on the right bank of the Meuse. "We repulsed almost everywhere the enemy, who had gained a footing in advanced elements of our first line. Our aeroplanes actively participated in the operations.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17066, 20 August 1917, Page 5
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134TOE FRENCH CAMPAIGN. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17066, 20 August 1917, Page 5
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