A FRENCH RETIREMENT.
LONDON, April 10. The French are retiring to Ailette
FRENCH STANDING *FIRM.
FIERCE FIGHTING AT HANGARS
LONDON, April 10. A French evening communique states that the enemy during the night carried out local actions at several points. They last evening, after strong artillery preparations, powerfully attacked in the region of Hangard en Santerre. There was obstinate fighting for the village, which changed hands repeatedly.
Our attack at 3 o'clock in the morning gave us complete mastery of the village and cemetery. An attempt to drive us from the wood west of Castel was sanguinarily defeated.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17260, 12 April 1918, Page 5
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98A FRENCH RETIREMENT. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17260, 12 April 1918, Page 5
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