NEW ZEALANDERS , SPELL BEHIND THE LINES
TERRIFIC BOMBARDMENT ALONG THE FRONT.
FRANCE, July 27. After the battle of Mesaines the New Zealanders enjoyed a" spell out of the line, during which they held a sports meeting lasting three days. There is much au- activity on both sides, including night flying and bombing of back areas. Tho other nigh* the enemy bombed a hospital, killing and wounding several men. Enemy aeroplanes fly lower than formerly, and a few have recently been firing their machine-guns into our trenches. The artillery on both sides is active. Recently there have been terrific bombardment* rairin* along various parts of the front. Day and night we listen to the continuous thunder of guns.—(New Zealand War Correspondent's Message)
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 179, 28 July 1917, Page 5
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