THE ALLIED BOMBARDMENT.
THOUSANDS OF TONS, OF METAL THROWN. '
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Service). PARIS, September 26. What is going to happen on the Som'roe front oannot be foretold exactly or foreseen. For 72 hours a bombardment of stupendous intensity prevailed, smashing up the German lines. French and British guns of all calibres vrero belching forth thousands of tons of projectiles.
The earth tremors resembled an oarthqnakc.
Previous artillery preparations in Picardy and Vordun were child's play compared with those on the Somme. Aviators are assisting the artillery by dropping hundreds of bombs on points of strategic importance. A groat number of ammunition depots havo boon blown up and stations burnt.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3565, 27 September 1916, Page 5
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111THE ALLIED BOMBARDMENT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3565, 27 September 1916, Page 5
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