DESPERATE GERMAN COUNTER ATTACKS.
THEIR SACRIFICE OF MEN IS COLOSSAL. 1 THE HUNS MAKE SLIGHT GAINS. : (Reed. 8.50 a.m.). , k | PARIS. May 24. 3i P A communique states that the Germans under cover of a ga s curtain attacked westward of Navarin, but our curtain of tire drove them back to their trenches. Germans attempted a powerful nieht offensive. eastward of Mort Homme; it was a hand to hand struggle and after heavy sacrifices they gradually penetrated the village of Smnieres, also a trench immediately to the westward. Over three divisions attacked. Equally violent bombardments and attacks took place at Haudromont and Douaumcnt. Despite the enemy’s desperation and carelessness, after amazing sacrifices, they only succeeded in occupying sections eastward of Fort Douaumont. Attacks elsewhere were broken.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 123, 25 May 1916, Page 5
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126DESPERATE GERMAN COUNTER ATTACKS. Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 123, 25 May 1916, Page 5
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