PERCIVAL PHILLIP'S STORY.
A HARD TIME. (Received This Day. at 1.20 a.m.) LONDON, March 27. Air Percival Phillips says even tlio troops in the retirement from Mons had not a harder time than those bearing the brunt of these sledge-ham mer blows. It is impossible to picture the scenes witnessed on the old Somme battlefronts. There was hard fighting to-day bothsidos of Roye, again delaying the arrowhead formation that is thrusting against our defensive screen. 1 Although there is little artillery m the Somme regions, notably . to-day north-west of Bapaume, it is evident the enemy’s progress is due large lv to the rapid advance of heavies. I hus in the fighting round Hattencourt and Roye many large howitzers were engaged. Another reason is the excellence of non-commissioned officers in keeping together. The enemy are plentifully supplied with maps. None of . the objectives marked, were obtained on time.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 March 1918, Page 3
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