ALONG THE ALLIES' BATTLE-FRONT
FIVE HUNDRED MILES IN LENGTH London, February 23. ■ A British observer with the French forces says that the Allies', line is something over five hundred miles in length. At very few points are the lines more, than three, nundied yards apart. This closeness is shown, in the large use of hand grenades, which, cannot be thrown fifty yards. One is apt to think that the trenches are really the line, which is broken, once a trench is captured. In reality, the trenches are only the front face of a work resembling a small fort, a regular nest of bomb-proof shelters, machines gun emplacements, and deep communicating trenches. This front line is succeeded, by others of similar construction, though less highly developed. The French Anny has steadily im- ? roved, both in personnel and material, ts reserve divisions are now nearly, if not quite, of the same value as the aotive divisions, and the Territorials are taking a far more considerable shares in the active work than.'hitherto. —"Times' 'and Sydney "Sua" Services.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2394, 25 February 1915, Page 5
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174ALONG THE ALLIES' BATTLE-FRONT Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2394, 25 February 1915, Page 5
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