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FRENCH MAINTAIN GAINS IN FACE OF VIOLENT COUNTER-ATTACKS. (Australian and New Zealand and Reuter.) Received October 21, 9.35 p.m. LONDON, October 20. A French communique states that we extended our positions between the Oise and Serre. We crossed the Chantruti brook eastward of Vermeuil and obtained a footing on the ridges west of Grandlup, maintaining our gains despite violent counter-attacks. We reached the outskirts of Terron, east of Vouziers, and progressed in the region of Handeves and Falaise, capturing 20 guns. (Admiralty per Wireless Press.) Received October 21, 9.35 p.m. LONDON, October 20. German official: On both sides of Vouziers the enemy lias established himself on the east bank of the Aisne.
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13895, 22 October 1918, Page 5
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