GERMAN "WILD-BOAR" ASSAULTS.
POUNDED TO ATOMS BY THE
FRENCH
(Received September 22, 1.30 p.m.)
LONDON, September 21
A French semi-official report states
The Germans, stunned by therapidity of the French advance north of the Somnie, took som« days to recover. Then they decided they must .counterattack, but only .succeeded in making a fresh show of impatience to retake the lost ground. Fifty thousand were employed in wild-boar assaidts, which were of the most powerful description. The fighting at Priez Farm was especially violent. Here, on four occasions, the attacking masses from Combles, in close formation were- .literally pounded to atoms. A similar fate befel the enemy at Bouncsanicncs.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3561, 22 September 1916, Page 5
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