GERMANS CHASED INTO A LOFT
ZOUAVES COMPEL A V SUR-* ' RENDER fßec. December 8, 1.30 .a.m.) London, December 7. Four hundred French volunteers, including a hundred Zouaves; '.'made a night attack on the ferry ma'n's house at Poesele, commanding an important bridge over the Yser Canal/land which had been'turned into a miniature fort. Tho French crossed the bridge undor a hail of machine guns, and-drove . the Germans from the outer walls'. After a ferocious .fight with bayonets' and knives, tho French ' then '-dashed in through the doors, with axes in-hand; Hand-to-hand fighting ensued'on each floor. The Germans were driven into the loft, where they surrendered. None were wounded. . <- : -
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2327, 8 December 1914, Page 5
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108GERMANS CHASED INTO A LOFT Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2327, 8 December 1914, Page 5
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