GERMANY'S EXCUSE FOR DEFEAT.
LONDON, Stpt; 28 ' Tho German newspapers, evidently inspired, excuse tho Somme defeat b^ saying that the Allied artillery raised such a cloud of dust before tho Germaßi trenches that it was impossible to ascertain where tho attacks were to be made. Thus the German artillery wse unabio to barrage the assault.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3568, 30 September 1916, Page 5
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55GERMANY'S EXCUSE FOR DEFEAT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3568, 30 September 1916, Page 5
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