NEW CONFLICT BEGINS
» ENEMY' ATTEMPTS A DOUBLE THRUST BRITISH COUNTER-ACTIONS •• HINTED PRELUDE TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS The Germans' new offensive operations on the Western front are now developing into what is stated to be a double thrust on tho British line. This, so far, has been successfully countered, although the enemy has captured Villers-Bretonneux, chiefly through the agency of a deluge of gns shells. At other- points tho enemy has been very severely dealt with. Further details of the Navy's stirring exploit at Zeebruggo and Ostend indicate that the objectives aimed at, all things considered, wore successfully reached. The German official report attempts to gloss over tho affair, but makes no clear reference to the damage to tho mole at Zeebruggo or the blocking of the Bruges Canal mouth. i
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 186, 26 April 1918, Page 5
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129NEW CONFLICT BEGINS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 186, 26 April 1918, Page 5
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