THE BOCHE TRAP SYSTEM.
'HINDENBURG'S LAST BRAINWAVE. ' London, Oct, 10. Mr. Perry Robinson (Times correspon-. detit) writes:~. "The Germans at first attempted' to resist attacks by menu* of fixed lines of trenches furnished with innumerable dugouts and protected by barriers of wire. These our forces smashed to bits. Next the enemy tried hills and ridges honeycombed with tunnels and fortified by ovary possible device. These our men storfuod from ridge to rid;™. "The final triumph of the German General Staff was 'defence in depth,' larking fixed garrisoned front trenches, but with an endless series of concrete pillboxes Covering illimitable stretches of country. The latest advance proves that the latest defence is even more frail and of less avail and costlier that ever. The Germans are becoming acutely conscious that they must find quickly some more formidable barrier, or their doom is nearing them. "Through the seven-foot solid concrete and reinforced iron our shells stun them. The occupants of these defences undergo tcrl-iblc sufferings, and pour out unnerved to surrender. The blockhouses have been nicknamed 'Hoche traps.'"
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1917, Page 2
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176THE BOCHE TRAP SYSTEM. Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1917, Page 2
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