THE WESTERN THEATRE
VIOLENT COUNTER-ATTACKS AT ANGRES. SEVEN WITHIN 21 HOURS. BRITISH MAINTAIN THEIR POSITIONS. Received Mav 30, 11 a.m. LONDON, May 29. Official: The British have made progress near La Hassee. The enemy's 'ounter-attaeks near Angres were continued with increasing violence, but all failed. There were seven within 24 hours. Our artillery and infantry prevented auv progress by the assailants, and the integrity of our position was maintained despite a continuous bombardment of extreme intensity. - , \Ve progressed 100 metres northward of Icuri, and took 150 prisoners in Bois le Pretre. We progressed several hundred metres on the Schnopfouricth heights in Alsace.
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Waikato Times, Volume 84, Issue 13188, 31 May 1915, Page 5
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