GREAT BRITISH ACHIEVEMENT.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 6302, 1 October 1915, Page 5

GREAT BRITISH ACHIEVEMENT.

New Army Acts Splendidly.

Rec Sept 30, i) 45 p m « London, Sept 30 Mr P. Gibbs, the Daily Chronicled correspondent, precedes his references to the fighting operations in the western iheatre, which were published JBtewiay, with the following:— It is now possible to give a cleai J«f of the fighting. The brigades «ittppfiated into arncke on Saturday aJweroonly able tp send back brief jKp?M concerning the severity of «eordeal and greatness of the sicjjjfc "The details are now available one of the greatest British *»W«nent3 of the war. Many batWs of the new army were en-W-ind acted splendidly, recently landed had WM^retnendous nerve test, lis*gStf the intense bombardment on «?^l gbt These new recruita, to 1 Wllh batt]e-9carred veteout of their trenches with *>W hurrah on Saturday morning to !£* LoM. 3 1-2 miles eastward. 5>T hed the German trenches, J»«to casualties,.and found that *HS Ot inttntfenientß had dls--2r UDd*r th. c bombardment. The J^ine was not cut. It consisted i* longest wire, with great * IJ^nd proved the first formidable i W ßritl sbers charged shouting *nd encountered an enormous ' W. % ,machine guns, pouring out lead on every part of the n«A UDB Were P°3ted at the ktZ 01 4 J oUßea. and trenches were ffl S, 8 f the Greets. The Germans :^nt Q: cellars, firing through pen!nR on the street- *«! of little sieges. *i 2 -Patty Of Germans with 1 WwSk " v" • garret de^ndecl the 'M'fo I™ ™« courage of despair, »ot yield until the last were 'N2!2i Wa9 ham Pcred by machine :*%Safik kP of ""ne. cranes at a « fJ^ c hnodred feet. Another in ; >tbs, ln tlm south-western ; fc^der Wholesale. tb?. Germans were surH7sfc;llSedb^thc ra Psdlv OWn three Germans. *s%^_ es lhe resistance was

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.prolonged, rapid fire from the celJars causing heavy losses to the besiegers. The cellars were now full of dead, the result of bombing parties flinging grenades from the heads ot stairways. The coionel of one of the first battalions to enter Lco3 established a signal station in a convenient house, which soon became a target for the Germans' guns. Suspecting treachery we searched the cellars anxj found three, Germans, and later discovered an officer deeper in the cellar telephoning and directing the enemy's gun fire. The incident reveals the highest form of courage. A lucky shot would have meant the death of the German as well as the Britishers. The German officer died bravely. Supreme Courage of British, With supreme sacrifice and courage the bittaliona having fought through LOO 3 struggled ahead towards Hil] 70, a mile distant on rising- ground, from which the Germans swept the road with machine guns and shrapnel Effort for Hill Seventy. There was an incessant storm of fire from the windows of cottages at Saiwt Augustine, which raked our approach. The first British reached Hill 70 at ten o'clock and clung to the position all day long, with heroic endurance. Fresh troops relieved us at eleven in the evening, carrying on the struggle on Sunday, when our position was organised and the advance continued with varying suceezs. Another British Triumph. The attack ou Saturday northward towards Huiluch was another triumph for Kitchener's army which formed a good proportion of the troops engaged The struggle here was fierce. | We advanced under terrible fire I after the first assault, which was carried out swiftly. Then the machine i guns were brought forward rapidly in | considerable numbers and inflicted | heavy losses, the bayonets being used to finish our work. The British stormed forward ior three tniles and reached the outskirts of Hullueh, which were bristling with machine guns. During the fiercest kand to hand fighting the Germans yielded ground ' wherever we engaged them, closely, but the British werß repeatedly swept back by a tempest of bullets. Proud and Exultant Tommies. This continued for two whole-days, the raudcaked lads resting in the rear. ' After tramping thr shambles of, the j battlefields they looked proud and i exultant because they had led a great \ assault and broke the Germans' line. It was one of the hardest encouaters ever fought, resulting in a victory for j the British arms. Thanks of British Leader. j

General Sir John French, rode about these mining villages, leaning from his horae, speaking to groups of men personally and thanking them for their gallant work.