ENEMY SHELL FORWARD LINES
VALUE OF SLIT TRENCHES (Official War Correspondent, N.Z.E.F.) Western Desert, Aug. 27. Probably as a reprisal for yesterday day morning’s successful attack, the enemy this afternoon subjected a section of forward lines to intense artillery fire lasting atyrnt 50 minutes. Despite the severity of the pounding there were no casualties, troops remaining on the comparative security of slit trenches. “They threw over everything they had and did not hit a man,” said an officer who was there. Guns of all calibres appear to have been used, some of them very heavy. Our artillery replied by shelling enemy gun positions.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 31 August 1942, Page 5
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103ENEMY SHELL FORWARD LINES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 31 August 1942, Page 5
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