TREMENDOUS POUNDING.
Received 9-10 p.m., June 21. PARIS, June 21
The "Bulletin Des Amies" says that at one time over a hundred' German batteries pounded Hill 30b and the immediate surroundings. The summit was transformed into a volcano, columns of smoke ascending in such density that aviators declared that the atmosphere at 800 metres was as dense as on the ground. The trenches were entirely riddled, and the ' occupants refuged in the shell holes. Notwithstanding the fearful bombardment and the launching of 12 twelve different attacks in a week the Germans were unable to carry the position.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 145, 22 June 1916, Page 5
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97TREMENDOUS POUNDING. Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 145, 22 June 1916, Page 5
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