STUBBORN DEFENCE.
UNDER TRYING CONDITIONS.
London, Tuesday,
An eye-witn6ss, describing the fight on the 21st states that the British made a gallant and Btubborn defenca under severe fire from three sides, and were finally ordered to retire as the position was precarious. The enemy's success was short-lived. The French being reinforced, stormed the trenches, which were retaken. The fight lasted all the afternoon in a hurricane of rain and Bleet. The enemy's searchlight flares lit up the : darknesp. Friends and foes were at such close quarters that it was difficult to distinguish the respective positions. The enemy's attack was spent by the 23rd. They lost heavily on the previous three days. On the 24th both sides - contended with mortar
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 733, 30 December 1914, Page 5
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119STUBBORN DEFENCE. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 733, 30 December 1914, Page 5
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