In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 87, 9 November 1916, Page 5

In the West

IMPORTANT GAINS REPORTED. ———l-T i’V’ Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. Paris, November 8. A commnique states-North of the Somme we progressed, between Lc Boeufs and Sailly-Saillisel. South of the Somme we made a dashing attack notwithstanding the violent rain,as a result of which we secured important gains, capturing positions on a front of four kilometres between Chaulnes Wood and south-east of the Ablaincourt refinery. The infantry brilliantly carried the whole villages of Ablaincourt and Pressoir, also a fortified cemetery east of Ablaincourt. We pushed our positions to the outskirts of Gomiecourt. Five hundred prisoners have so far been counted. There was an intermittent cannonade at Verdun.

AUSTRALIANS LOSE HEAVILY. London, November 7. A German communique states that the Australian division suffered severely at the Somme on the sth.