STRONG ENEMY COUNTER ATTACKS REPULSED.
(High Commissioner's Cable.)
LONDON, Friday. French official: Southwards of the Somme the enemy yesterday coun-ter-attacked our new positions south of Soyecourt. An assaulting battalion was caught under our curtain of fire and mitrailleuses. They retired in disorder, suffering very heavy losses. The night was calm on both sides of the Somme. In the region of Chaulnes a strong enemy detachment which attempted to reach our lines south of Ma court was repulsed with the bayonet. Between Soissons and Rheims our reconnaissances, after a favourable mine explosion, penetrated an adversary trench, which was then swept clear with grenades. On the Verdun front there is great artillery activity in the sectors of Chattancourt and Fleury. " In the Vosges, following a violent bombardment, the enemy attempted to attack our positions northwards of Weissenbach, but were successfully checked,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXX, Issue 146018, 22 July 1916, Page 5
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