HOW THE GERMANS PROTECTED THEIR POSITIONS.
BOMB-PROOF SHELTERS IN THE CHAMPAGNE.
PARIS, March 15,
An official report says that the ground won in the Champagne district has been subjected by the Germans to defensive organisation, laboriously perfected during some months.
As an example, hill 196, north-cast of Mesnil, was a dense network of barbed wire.' Then there were two lines of trenches, including flanking works, with quick-firers and revolving guns and parapets strengthened by sacks and wicker baskets filled with earth.
Only a few lookouts stayed in the trenches during the bombardment. The rest were underground in shelters, which were proof against big projectiles.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 64, 16 March 1915, Page 5
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