THE "BLOODIEST BATTLE" EVER FOUGHT.
PARIS, Sept. 27.' ' A.k 8-i hours' bombardment; of unpiccerlcnted , violenco precede*! ths? general attack on Monday. The deafening roar of the guns suddenly ceased at 12.30. From Martin'ptiieh to the Sommo, in deadly silence, t.lu)' Fmich and British, «pr.:ne; from their Lrenrhcs :>n<i .ulvaivvd to the i :i-vu.it. . Tho cnsuiii!? !>:m.le v,a,s povib-y the Moodiest, ex or fought. Tho under-, si-auding between the arulleiy and the infantry was so perfect, that tho "seventy-fives" were sometimes hurling volleys only '25 metre* in front, of tho charging infantry. , Tho Britisli-'sichiftved ihc {ii's.t suc--ooJ\% tlio Fror.c-h h.'tvinp: a iernblo Ktrugglo with a Prussian bngfwo between I'd Priez Farm anil RanThe British oarried Hill !?>s, east of • Flers. in a brilliant manner, and,per.o-. trated the ruins of Lesboeufs, bnt it took three hours' hard fighting, betor© they penetrated the other part or the village, and the rest of the road _be-. tweeon 'Fregicourt and Lesboeufs.^ The entire village was ■■ captured by t> o'clock. ' '... '■'."■■
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3566, 28 September 1916, Page 5
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164THE "BLOODIEST BATTLE" EVER FOUGHT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3566, 28 September 1916, Page 5
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