VIGOROUS NIGHT ATTACK
FINAL CHARGE UNDER THE "SEARCHLIGHTS N 'London, December 11. The "Daily Chronicle" reports that the recapture of Passchendaelo by the British was tho result of a vigorous night attack. The village was strongly held, and was fortified -with many trenches and entanglements; ; During the day, the British artillery silenced the Gorman guns,; and it was decided to make an attempt at capture immediately night fell. The infantry crept up to the entanglements, and cut the wires, a high wind drowning, all noise. The line stealthily advanced-, and lay prone. A scout crept out, and found the Germans busy sapping, only twenty yards distant. The final charge, aided' by searchlights, was a complete surprise. The Germans in the first trench •• were bayoneted where they were working, and trench after trench was stormed. The Germans made a . last stand in the village, but were driven out.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2332, 14 December 1914, Page 5
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147VIGOROUS NIGHT ATTACK Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2332, 14 December 1914, Page 5
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