MINE AND BOMB OPERATIONS.
LONDON,. July 26 Sir John French reports:—
"On the 21st we repulsed a bomb attack on the crater caused by the explosion of our mine west of Hooge. Our heavy artillery silenced a trench mortar assisting the attack.
"On the 23rd we exploded a mine under a salient in the German lines south-west of Zillebeke, and destroyed the enemy's trenches. Shortly afterwards tho enemy exploded a mine a little further south, but it did little damage. Wo occupied a crater formed by the German explosion, and linked it up with our own trenches.
"On Saturday we repulsed another heavy bomb attack round tho crater at Hooge."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8202, 27 July 1915, Page 5
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