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THE CHAMPAGNE FIELD FORTRESS WHAT THE ALLIES HAD TO ATTACK (Rec. March: 16, • 0.15.. a.m.). Paris, March IS. ; Qfficial—"The.ground won' in "thd Champagne district, was subjected to a, defensive organisation laboriously perfected for months.' As ah exaipple, Hill 196, uprth-east of Mesni], .was defended by a dense network of barbed-wire; then came two lines of trenches, "iiipUidinc flanking works, witji guickrfirers and revolver guns' on parapets'," strengthened 'by sacks and wicker baskets'filled with earth. • "Only a few of the enemy's look-outs " stayed in the trenches during the bombardment, .the rest took refuge ill underground ' shelters, which were proof against our big projectiles'."
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2410, 16 March 1915, Page 5
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104LATE NEWS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2410, 16 March 1915, Page 5
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