THE FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.
SLAUGHTER OF GERMANS.
PARIS, Saturday.
Official: East of the Mense the Germans attempted a powerful offensive between Vaux Pond and Damloup village, and continued the attacks. Compact masses followed each other.
The magnificent resistance of our troops got the better of the enemy, our counter-attacks west of Vaux fort replying to every German attack and preventing any enemy progress.
Fighting was of unprecedented violence before Vaux Fort, which the Germans were attempting to capture at any cost.
Our cannon and machine guns mowed down the assaulting columns, the enemy suffering enormous losses.
Enemy masses attempting to reinforce the fighting battalions were taken under by our heavy battery fire and driven back in disorder. The enemy in the Damloup sector at the Meuse foothills succeeded in penetrating the village, of which we hold the greater part.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXX, Issue 14581, 5 June 1916, Page 5
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