LONGEST CHARGE ON RECORD
BAYONET FIGHTING FOR SIX MILES • Paris, October 26. Details of the action at Ville-la-Cha-pelle show that British artillery bombarded the German position from dawn till 3 o'clock. A bayonet charge was ordered, and the British gleefully quitted' the trenches and advanced cautiously for a mile, using all possible care. After annihilating the Germans in two lines of entrenchments, suffering littlo loss, the British made a short halt, and then followed a splendid fina' dash on the main position, and they got the Germans on the run. The enemy's trenches were full of dead. The charge was maintained for six miles, perhaps'the longest charge on record. The Germans lost six thousand killed. The British proved immeasurably superior in the open field.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2292, 28 October 1914, Page 5
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124LONGEST CHARGE ON RECORD Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2292, 28 October 1914, Page 5
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