BRITISH BIG GUNS.
EFFECTIVE AT TWENTY-FIVE MILES, Wasshington). April 15. It is stated that Britain is using 22inch gwij, which are effective at 23 miles. ' THE VIMY VICTORY. i AN ARTIST'S VALUABLE AID. WONDERFUL MODEL. Received April 16, 7 p.m. London, April 15. Reuter's headquarters correspondent states on unimpeachable authority that Dhe victory on Vimy ridge was directly associated with a pretty little model, a wonderful scale reproduction in plasticine, of the neighborhood of the ridge, whereon a clever artist, furnished with a, mass of aerial photographs and information by local inhabitants, worked.for months prior to the attack, and from which the staff officers most carefully instructed the Canadian and British officers and tihe non-coms selected for the assault. Every detail of the ground was reproduced with amazing fidelity, greatly assisting the operations.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 April 1917, Page 5
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133BRITISH BIG GUNS. Taranaki Daily News, 17 April 1917, Page 5
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