ALONG THE BRITISH LINE
SUCCESSFUL RAIDS MADE AND ENEMY RAIDS REPULSED, INCREASED RECIPROCAL ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. GERMANS ADMIT EVACUATION OF BULLEGOURT. Received May 20, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, May 19. Sir Douglas Haig reports that we successfully raided north-east of Loos, north-east of Armentieres, and eastward of Ypres. (Admiralty per Wireless Press.) LONDON, May 19. The enemy artillery has been .aore active between Gavrelle and Luis. sur artillery successfully engaged German troops on the Arras-Cambrai road and north-eas'. of Fresnoy. German cTicial: W i repulsed, after hand-to-hand fighting at midnight, / an English attack on tlie Gavrelle-Fresnes road. We evacuated Bullecourt ruins undistn Ik th enemy, who established himself there 2i hours .. later. 4 There is intense arlill Ty activity between Acheville and Gavrelle. Engx lish attacks on ooth sides of the Arras-Douai road and eastward of Monchy failed. ■ :. !>
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Waikato Times, Volume 88, Issue 13489, 21 May 1917, Page 5
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