The Old Battlefields
Names of towns which appeared daily in the cable messages from 1914 to 1918 are again in the news as. the German tanks overrun Northern France. Many of them are familiar to men of the 1st New Zealand Expeditionary Force. In his thrust down the valley of the Somme River to the coast, the enemy is recrossing the old battlefields, some of them not yet recovered from the last war. Once again the guns are within striking distance of Rheims, whose magnificent cathedral was irreparably. damaged by German shellfire in the Great War. The reconstruction was completed only a short time ago. St. Quentin, round which fierce battles raged in 1914-18, is an important railway junction for three main lines; Laon is a still ‘more important junction, with four main lines running to various parts of the country. By occupying these key towns the enemy gains a great advantage, as he dislocates rail traffic and disorganises the deployment of troops to the various fields of action. At the time of writing the intense drive is down the valley of the Somme with the idea of cutting off the armies still fighting in Belgium and the extreme north of France, and dividing the main French and British forces,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 49, 31 May 1940, Page 3
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210The Old Battlefields New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 49, 31 May 1940, Page 3
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