HUNS IN A PANIC
-..,—.—. 8 ~- . A French officer, wounded in tho course of the engagement at Vacherauville, gives im account of the fighting, which appoavs in the "Liberte." '■.•-.-.'■■ '"The bombardment which preceded the attack was one- of. tho most terrible yet' sustained, but despite an -avalanche of shells our soldiers remained steady under, cover waiting the. shock of the enemy's; rush. The attack was led by Pomeranian regiments, composed mostly of very' youngmen dressed jn new uniforms, but seemingly not used-to battle.. There , was a veritable panic among them when our batteries opened fire, and the panic only subsided when fresh troops arrived com-., posed as far as we were able to judge, of ■a Brandenburg regiment and a brigade' of LandwehT:' •'.'■'' ''The Germans got a footing at one point only in our first line, but were im mediately ohased out by a counter-attack. 'Their losses were muoh.heavier than ours. The ,heaps of German' dead before oiu position at several points reached the height.of the barbed'wire," -■•;■••
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2768, 11 May 1916, Page 7
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166HUNS IN A PANIC Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2768, 11 May 1916, Page 7
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