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HIGH COSransiONEB'S REPORTS. The High Commissioner reports from London, April 20:— Early on Monday morning, a German counter-attack on'Les Eparges was completely repulsed. On the banks of La Feclit, we forced the enemy to evacuate precipitately Esrfsbrncke, abandoning much material. The airman Garros : was compelled to descend in Gelminster, and was captured on Sunday. On Monday, a German submarine torpedoed , and sank the British trawler "Vanilla. ■Another trawler, endeavoring to rescue the crew, was fired at, and driven off. All hands on the Vanilla were lost. The Admiralty points out that this is the second murder of fisher folk, for no military purpose; within a week. A successful action commencing on Saturday evening- culminated on Sunday in the capture- and complete occupation of an important point at Hill 60, lying two miles south of Zillebcke, and east of Ypres. The hill dominates the country to the north-west.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 267, 21 April 1915, Page 5
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149Official News. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 267, 21 April 1915, Page 5
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