FRENCH EXTEND THEIR GAINS.
BIG CAPTURE OP GUNS.
Received 11.45 p.m., Oct. 28
LONDON, Oct. 27. French communique: Following our successes on the right and north of the Aisne, we drove the enemy back from the region north of Chapelle St. Berthe to the reservoir, capturing tne village of Fiiain.
Farther e^st; we went beyond the crest of the plateau, north of Chevrigny spur. The situation elsewhere is unchanged.
We have counted 160 guns captured since October 23rd, including several six;-?nch howitzers and many heavy guns.
Two attempted coups-de-main by the enemy in the Champagne failed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17125, 29 October 1917, Page 5
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