IMPORTANCE OF AT LIES SUCCESS.
STItOXG POSITION HELD.
CAPTURE OF. THE QUADRILATERAL.
(Received Sept, 21. 12.40 p.m.)
LONDON,-Sept. 20. Tho Headquarters' correspondents emphasise the importance of the pos.session of the forward .slope on-, tho high ground from tho Ancrc ■■ to the Comblos Valley, giving our artillery a dominating position; and enabling'it to ceaselessly pound the Germans. : inflicting hoaVy . losses and preventing' the Germans making habitable trenches. • The capture of the very strong position known an tlu Quadril;:teral Tronch greatly strengthens tho position betwoen Ginchy and Guillomont. Fight ing bora occurred in a delude of rain. The ground was a perfect morass, and ninny of the orioniv jnnchinc-frnnners a.n j:l snipers had to desert, tkeir lairs in ord'tT-to escape from drowning.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3560, 21 September 1916, Page 5
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120IMPORTANCE OF AT LIES SUCCESS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3560, 21 September 1916, Page 5
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