FIGHTING IN ARTOIS AND PICARDY
GERMANS CLAIM THAT ALLIED ADVANCE BROUGHT TO A STANDSTILL (Admiralty per Wireless Press.) Received October 22, 7.30 p.m. LONDON, October 21. Herman official: The enemy on both sides of Solcsmes has been brought lo a standstill on the heights eastward and southward of the town. DETERMINED ENEMY ATTEMPTS TO REGAIN A VILLAGE. PROGRESS TOWARDS VALENCIENNES DESPITE CONSIDERABLE OPPOSITION. (Australian and New Zealand and Reuter.) Received October 22, io.r>o p.m. LONDON, October 21. Sir Douglas Ilaig reports that there was sharp fighting at night time and early morning for the possession of Amerval, which we captured on Sunday. We. repulsed determined attempts to regain the village. The enemy "us morning unsuccessfully attempted to drive our advanced posts in the neighbourhood of the Gambrai-Douai road. We took afew prisoners. We continued our progress eastward and northward of Denain, and despite considerable opposition, we progressed two miles towards Yalenciennei, and tvch"d the general line, from Hastinellc and St. Amand to Taintinies. We hold the west hank of the Scheldt for several miles northward of Pontachin and north-west of Towinai.
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13896, 23 October 1918, Page 5
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