IN THE WEST.
GERMAN ATTACK. (PENETRATES OUR FRONT TRENCHES. ARTILLERY ACTIVE. deceived May 23, 8.45 p.m. London, May 23. General Sir Douglas Haig reports:— Alter a heavy bombardment all yesterday, 'which grew more intense in the afternoon, the enemy attacked our position at the north end of the Vimy ridge, and succeeded in penetrating the front line of trenches along 1500 yards ' to a depth varying up to 300 yards. Today wc subjected the German positions to a heavy bombardment, and sprang mines,,near Roolincourt, the Hohenzollern redoubt, and the quarries. The artillery on both sides wa3 active opposite Lens. East of Ypres we obtained direct hits on an enemy battery. East of Blairville one of our aeroplanes was forced to land in the enemy's lines.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 May 1916, Page 5
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125IN THE WEST. Taranaki Daily News, 24 May 1916, Page 5
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