Violent Bombardment of St Quentin
Admiralty Per Wireless Press Rec April 15 5 spm London, April 14 A Germau official message states : There was a pause iv the fighting yesterday north-eastward of Arras and the Scarpe River, and further southward of Croiselles and fiullecouir. After violent artillerying the British vaiuly attacked several of our lines After a thrust we- inflicted ■ --i -d-Table enemy losses.
S*-rn:i«T enemy attacks failed against ( >:; oi. Quentin positions. During the past week the heart of St. Quentin was violently bombarded, the Palace of Justice, Cathedral and Town Hall being seriously damaged. The artilleries are fighting at full strength at Soissons, Rheims and in the Western Champagne. The enemy lost on the .wcat front on Thursday eleven aeroplanes and twenty four on Friday.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLV, Issue 6853, 16 April 1917, Page 3
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