IN THE POZIERES DISTRICT

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 28 July 1916, Page 5

IN THE POZIERES DISTRICT

| THE ENEMY STILL PRESSED, GERMANS MAKE COSTLY ATTACKS THE FRENCH SECURE ADVANCES, i Received July 2S, 9.37 a.m. 1 LONDON, July 27. J General Haig reports that throughout the night our artillery Avas active, and Ave continued to press the enemy in hand-to-hand encounters at \ ; arious points, the enemy using gas and tear shells in the battle area. Elsewhere there Avas no incident of importance during the past 48 hours. 1 A French official report states: — South of the Somme we progressed eastwards of Estrees. There Avas lively fusilade in the neighbourhood of Soyei ourt. NorthAvards of the Aisne the * nemy, after vdolent bombardment, attacked yesterday evening a salient forming a line north-west of Buttes Wood, but the attack failed under our machine gun fire. | In the Champagne there was bombardment of our positions yesterday west of Prosnes. This > was followed at ten in the evening by a strong *at(The attackwvas;arrested by our curtain of fire causing losses to the enemy. tack on a front of-a thousand metres. [The enemy AA T as unable to penetrate, .exceptwin. 'Some ■ i advanced elements, rfrom: ’-which, they Avere ejected by our counter attack shortly after. Verdun front artillery Avas hfe'tiffio- d'UTing the night’ on the sector of Hill 304, arid in the region of Fleury and La Laufee. West 7 of Thiaumout the French progressed ' with grenade attacks.’ ■’ : - 1 *’ ,J ’