DEVIL’S WOOD
DEATH TRAP FOR BRITISH AND
GERMANS
LONDON, July 25
Mr. Philip Gibbs, writing on Friday, says the Tommies call Delville Wood “Devil’s Wood.” And a really devilish place it is. It proved a death trap to British and Germans alike. Fighting continues hotly at Delville, also High Wood, previously cabled as Fourneaux Wood, which lies to the north-west. The Germans have the advantage in the defence of Delville Wood. They have placed machine guns behind a barnicade of great tree trunks, sharpshooters hiding in the foliage. The South Africans had not time to dig in before the German guns swept the woods. Th e troops are no wmore secure. The situation at High Wood is
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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 27 July 1916, Page 3
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117DEVIL’S WOOD Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 27 July 1916, Page 3
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