TWO SIDES OF A BATTLE STORY
IN WHICH THE GERMANS WERE . DEFEATED ■ '- . ■ '■ (Reo. 'November 18, 5.45 p.m.)" ■ ' London, November 18. \ A Berlin report states that at Langmarck the Germans occupied the Allies' trendies and captured two 'thousand prisoners. The real facts are that the Germans advanced in overwhelming forco, and wore allowed to approach within range. A murderous fire mowed down the first line, then the second, and ploughed great gaps in' the third. Yet a,, fourth lino attacked, and reached the trenches, but the . Allies refused to .budge and engaged in a hand-to-hand fight, the Gordon Highlanders supporting with a stirring charge. The Germans were r.epulsed with great losses.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2311, 19 November 1914, Page 5
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110TWO SIDES OF A BATTLE STORY Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2311, 19 November 1914, Page 5
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