SOME GROUND LOST.
Enemy's Heavy Loss.
Rec Jan 1, 7 30 p.m
London, Dec 31
An eye-witness with the British headquarters' staft relates an incident on the 2_th inst., not mentioned in his last report, which led to a slight loss of ground for the British, but with heavy casualties to the enemy.
The Germans exploded a mine underneath a trench and several yards were blown in. German snipers occupied the part destroyed and enfiladed the rest. Meanwhile a larger body of the enemy advanced and our gitas opened fire with der.dly effect, scattering the enemy and killling many. We also bombarded parts of the occupied trench killing th- occupants.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 6273, 2 January 1915, Page 3
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