CAUGHT NAPPING
GERMAN OVER-CONEIDENCE (Reo. November 24, 0.25 a.m.) London, November 23. The Germans, on. November 19, bombarded the Gurkhas' outpost trenches at Hollebeko 'for five hours. A thousand of the enemy's infantry then advanced leisurely, believing that the Gurkhas were dead. Tbey crossed the canal in pontoons, and brought thirty ammunition wagons across. ' The British batteries destroyed the pontoons, wiped out five hundred of the Germans, and-the remainder then surrendered.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2315, 24 November 1914, Page 5
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71CAUGHT NAPPING Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2315, 24 November 1914, Page 5
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