British on the High UNKNOWN
GERMANS IN THE SWAMi'S. FRUITLESS EFFORTS TO' iREG A 1 LOST POSITIONS. [ELECTRIC TELECRArn —COPYRIGHT.] /I'BR l'ltlSSS ASSOCIATION.J (Received This Day, 9. 45 a.in.) Paris, .Sept-ember 2-1. M. iLarcc.l Hutin, tliio French war correspondent, says the position the British li.iv© captured arc so .important that the enemy is inoessantly attacking, but liis attempts with powerful contingents have been sensationally defeated. Tho positions occupied by the British aire such that they can, if need bee, wait tho coming of spring, and pass tluo winiter without having their feet in water which will be the .lot of tho Germans in tho positions whereto they have retreated. It is significant that eighteen-year-old Germans are unable to stand their ground, whilst tho officers instead ef being with their men are in tho rear. This accounts for tho few officers t-aitoen prisoner.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 25 September 1917, Page 3
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142British on the High UNKNOWN Levin Daily Chronicle, 25 September 1917, Page 3
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