IN THE WEST

Taranaki Daily News, 18 September 1915, Page 5

IN THE WEST

A GENERAL CANNONADE. BOMB FIGHTING IN THE ARGONNE. Received Sept. 17, 11.30 p.m. Paris, Sept. 17. A communique says:—There is Bevere cannonading on the whole front, and bomb and trench-mortar fighting in the Argonne distrirt. , TRULY BRITISH. DEB RATHER THAN SURRENDER. AN INCIDENT NEAR HOOGE. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) London, Sept. 10. An officer of the Liverpool Regiment told a graphic story of the recent battle round Hooge. "Under a hundred British wounded and unwounded were sheltering between the lines when the enemy were pressing home the attack. They found themselves against a battalion of Germans, and were asked to surrender. The corporal in command curtly refused, and soon the little baud were fighting for dear life. "The Britons put up a dandy fight, time after time smashing the enemy's attack to smithereens. In the end their ammunition failed. The heroes, reduced •by one-half, resorted to the bayonet against a new and furious assault. The Germans charged like a hurricane, but the men stood firm. "Finally brute force told, and the weary survivors died where they stood rather than surrender. Their resistance saved our line at the vital point."