THE SLAUGHTER AT TAHURE
SQUALLS OF SHELLS FROM THO FRENCH. GUNS.
By Telecrmpli—Press Association—CdDyiiglif
(Rec. October 11, 8.5 p.m.)
. ■ .Paris, October 10. A French eye-witness, describing , the' fighting in Champagne on October 7, says:—The German battalion at Navann Farm belonged to tho Tenth Armjj Corps from the Eastern front, and ;urfered severely from, our'artillery. Tha enemy was prevented from removing his wounded, and cut. off in tie rear and. exposed to squalls of shells until only five hundred remained. These surrendered. . They had been without food and water for four days. "The Germans southward of tne> Butte de Tahure held tile slope o£ .toothbrush Wood. - Our guns mowei down the trees, and then tho Bretons and Vendians jumped into the treucajs, which were found to be choked rith. corpses. The prisoners stated that our. artillery fire caused a panic, and psifi of the garrison ai> Tahure deserted.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2509, 12 October 1915, Page 5
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147THE SLAUGHTER AT TAHURE Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2509, 12 October 1915, Page 5
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