HIGH GROUND GAINED
ARTILLERY IN DOMINATING x oSITION. (Anst-i-alian. and N.Z. Cable Association.j (Rec. Sept. 21, 12.55 p.m.) * LONODON, Sept. 20. Headquarters correspondents emphasise the importance of the possession of_ the forward slope of the high ground from the Ancre to Gombles Valley, giving the •artillery a dominating position, enabling it to ceaselessly pound the Germans, indicting heavy "losses and preventing the making of ha'bitable trenches. ibe capture of a very strong quadrilateral trench greatly strengthens the position between Ginchy and Guillemont. The fighting here has occurred in- a deluge of rain and the ground is a perfect morass. Many enemy machine gunners and snipers had to desert their lairs to escape drowning. NIGHT ATTACK REPULSED. fAustralian and Cable Association.) (Rec. Sept, 21, 11.10 a.m.) LONDON-, Sept. 20. Sir Douglas Haig reports.— The situation is -unchanged. "We repulsed during the night several determined eotmter-atacks southward of the Ancre.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 21 September 1916, Page 5
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