A VIOLENT ATTACK.
OX FRENCH POSITION'S. Received Oct. 11, 10 p.m. Paris, Oct. 10, A French communique states: There was no jnfantry action in Belgium. Our troops are consolidating the positions won. Both, artilleries are active north of the Aisne. , After an intense bombardment the enemy violently attacked the right bank of the Meuse, north of Chaurae Wood. , The attack was maintained throughout j the day. The enemy gained a felting at some points among our advanced elements, hut our artillery .prevented him from ro&kinc further progress. Received Oct. 11, l'l p.m. A French communique states: In Belgium we are extending our advance. East of Dnailbank we captured Papegoed farm. The artillery is regularly active in the region of Laffaux, north of the Aisne. , 7 GERMANY'S SUPREME -. . EFFORT. REACHED AND PASSED. Washington, Oct 10. The French Commission, authoritatively reviewing the recent course of the tvar, declares that the Germans have reached their supreme military effort. For the first time since the beginning of the war a clear decrease in the total strength of the German forces is recorded, Germany has been forced to call pait of the 1919 class up and break newly formed regiments to reinforce fighting units. 'Despite the Russian upheaval, the (ontinuity and intensity of the AngloFrench offensive has prevented Germany getting the benefit of her valuable reserves.
Germany retains great powers of resistance which it will all the strength of the Allied forces to break, but her resources are diminishing at the very moment when the military situation requires an increase. The AngloFrench armies have reached their full strength, and are capable, with the help of the United States, nf maintaining enormous strength until the end of the war. This will prove of a decisive character in the 1918 operations.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1917, Page 5
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294A VIOLENT ATTACK. Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1917, Page 5
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