BRITISH SUCCESS IN FLANDERS.
THE GALLANT FUSILIERS. 600 YARDS OP GERMAN TRENCHES TAKEN. ENEMY SUFFERS HEAVILY. LONDON, March 28. Sir Douglas Haig reports-: We were successful in crater fighting near Hohenzollern redoubt. The enemy opposite Hulluch exploded mines, damaging our trenches. We established ourselves in the crater. The Northumberland Fusiliers 'and the Royal Fusiliers, after the mine explosion, assaulted the German salient at St. Eloi, successfully taking the front and second lines along a front of 600 yards. The enemy sustained heavy casualties. Two officers and 168 men were taken prisoners.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 77, 30 March 1916, Page 6
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91BRITISH SUCCESS IN FLANDERS. Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 77, 30 March 1916, Page 6
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