British Beat off German Attacks.
FRENCH WELL EAST OF LAON
Reccivetl this day, 8.4S a.m. I>ondon, October 14.' Sir Douglas Haig reported at 3.10 this morning: •On the afternoon of the 13th the enemy opened a be-avy bombardment on a wide front northward of iLe Gateau, launching strong infantry attacks on our position eastward of the Selle river (where the :Xew Zealanders advancedi) and in the neighbourhood of Solesmas. Thepe attacks were successfully repulsed after stiff fighting. Other attacks wherein -tanks were employed supporting the infantry assault against our positions opposite Haspres were unsuccessful. Our patrols advanced at a number oS points southward and northward of Do■uai and gained ground!, talking prisoner*.
. A lYencih communique eayfi: Our Tenth Arin.y this mornitsT; entered l*aon( liberating 6SOO civiliiins. We passed fa r beyond the town on the whole front of the Oise and north op the Ailette. East of La Fere we are on the edge of the southern bank of the Serre to Courbes station.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 15 October 1918, Page 3
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