WITH THE FRENCH.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3559, 20 September 1916, Page 5

WITH THE FRENCH.

'SPLENDIJ) RESULTS OF RECENT FIGHTING. ■■ \ ■/■ ■;

■ WONDEftJT L.- X-RTILLEitY WORK

(Received September 20, 9.30 a.m.) 1 NEW rORK. September 19. I The "'TiniCM" correspondent in Franc© states thai as a, result of Sunday's battle, the French have driven another wedge- tnlo the circuit of fortress** delwadijig Pcronne, the 'scene of the battle between Barleux jand Vennandovillei.s. At the latter | Tillage fcbs fight was so fierce that'the ; Germans died fct> a iimn rather than surronder.

TheFremdi found evidences of the terrible *eft»ct of'the artillery fire in a wood south-east of Berny, where they literally had fcp ..force their way through heaps of corpses.

Th» Bararians returned to the charge again md again, but each new company was cut to pieces by the French ixirfcaia iiro, which passed over the keada of bfae French j it was very dose, yisb efc iilt mm harm, kut the acenrswj «f fin* aiiatiery was Most per-

feet—it was described as the finest gunnery orer witnessed. •After the capture of flJerny, the French began a strong pressure on the. German lines between Berny and Deniecpurt, thus preventing the advance of strong . reinforcements Upon which the Germans counted. After hia capture, the Gorman commander broke his sword in the bitterness of his, defeat. ' . ,