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Show attacked in the direction of Kleine Vlerstraite and was repulsed by the French troops. On the remainder of the front there IB nothing to report. The day statement follows: We carried out a successful raid last night northeast of Robecq (Flanders) (Flan-ders) and captured a few prisoners without casualties to ourselves. A party of the enemy which attacked one of our posts west of Mervllle was repulsed with loss. The hostile artillery was active dur-the dur-the night in the Somme and Ancre sectors. GERMANS EVICTED FROM TRENCHES BY THE AUSTRALIANS LONDON, May 14. In an attack along a mile front near Morlancourt, the Germans Ger-mans penetrated the British positions at one place. Field Marshal Haig reports tonight that at all other points on this line the Germans were repulsed with heavy losses and that the Australians later re-' re-' captured the lost position. 4 The statement says: This morning, after heavy artillery preparation, the enemy attacked on a front of nearly a mile southwest of Morlancourt and succeeded at one point in entering our positions. At all other points the attack was repulsed with heavy loss to him, and in this one locality an immediate counter-at-i tack by Australian troops drove out rihe enemy and completely re-estab-Tished our line. We captured over fifty, prisoners, and our casualties were light. , Ixjcal fighting occurred last night north of Kemmel, where the enemy |