BOMBARDMENT OF GREAT INTENSITY.
FIERCE FIGHTING ON BOTH SIDES. POSITIONS CARRIED TO CONSIDERABLE DEPTH, ' (Received 10.20 a.m.) PARIS, July 14. The "Petit Parisien" states that after a bombardment of great intensity on Thursday the British infantry assailed the Germaii second position along almost the entire line,. \ l-'ighting was most fierce ou both sides. The British seized trenches at several points, and the capture of howitzers indicates that the fighting was carried to a good depth, inasmuch as howitzers are not found in the first line trenches.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 168, 15 July 1916, Page 5
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86BOMBARDMENT OF GREAT INTENSITY. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 168, 15 July 1916, Page 5
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