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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2889, 29 September 1916, Page 5

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THE ATTACK ON THIEPVAL; : A VERITABLE FORTRESS (Ueulor's Telegram.) V . (Rec. September 29, 0.50 a.mj ' ; Paris, September 28. '• The attaot on Thiepval began aV ; noon. A regiment, advancing north- . wards from Ovillers, struck the south* ern side, and carried a portion of thrt Leipzig Redoubt. Other contingents j oame from Mouquet Farm and the hill near the Albert High Road; Our men,' j with irresistible impetuosity,- plungei ; round the village by the Pozieres road* a heavy curtain of fire preventing th®. bringing up of enemy reinforcements from Beaucourt. V ; The fortified system of Thiepifal cow' j ered.one square mile. The- attapkerfJ found underground galleries, which hq4 I resisted the 'bombardment of tho hear-* , .] iest guns and howitzers. Each, cellaif i had been strengthened by steel aim s our and concrete, until it was a small fortress. Many galleries were fitted with lifts, whereby machine guns could i bo instantly lifted into'position. ■ For* s tunately the defence, was less detewj 1 mined than had been expected." _ j One .thousand three hundred' prieon-5 ; ers -have already come into the Britishf: , : i base, and confirm tho reports that the ; . j garrison was surprised by the. fonje of j the attack, and thrown -into a panic. -j The officers'vainlj tried to rally theirt ...j men,, but many surrendered without , firing a shot. Prisoners state • thabj eight German battalions were practice ally wiped out in Tuesday's fightingi-;. OUR GAINS IN TERRITORY ! j (The "Times.") (Rcc. 29, ..0.60 a.Wv) i Parls,\ September. 28. Since , tho beginning of the offensive, 45 villages and 117 square miles _hava been captured, and 61 German gruelled, each division _ losing, about ; 3000 men. .