IN THE TRENCHES
PRISONER SHOT P.V GERMANS
PARIS, November -jr.. Many .r.iicicnt-- o* minur importance are re-ported. Once :i party of Briiish-r-rs stumbled on GiTic.an and when they v thry ran ih.o Sa'iiulet o; t'r.e Germati ritie lire. The majority escaped. In another ca>:- Gcmar.s siirrounded it. Freneli company near Yproc,. A German ofiieor herded tiie pri>o:icrs into tlie corner o: a v.-uod xv\ connnaiided his ir.en to firo. All the prisoners were killed. Tho Uriti.-h i:i -trenches witnessed the incident, bur were unable to proven: it. LONDON, November L'o. Duriaj; the rc-oeu: riphtinc at \pre.s. German Jjuns to::nd iho ra;i:;e r:f a British irondi. Tlie British werv ordered to quit, preventing a bartcry checking the advance. Several b.undred German intantry and gunners prepared for a hand-to-)iand fic^lit, and the Germans charged in close order. When within twenty-iive yards tho final rounds from tho British suns practically annihilated the Germans, and the battery then decimated tlie German reserves-.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 15137, 28 November 1914, Page 9
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