A FAMOUS TRENCH
-•\ draimilie incident nf the dcfpiiep of Verdun was recalled recently, when Cardinal Dubois. Ihe Archbishop of liiiueii, consecrated the temporary graveyard at what used to be .DaiiauiiioiiJ. Near li.v is the famous 'I ram-hep des Fusils. At the very height of the German bombardment a relief section of the i:i7(li h'c.'imciil: was niakinj,' its way m single file aloliu this narrow trench when a Sllvo of heavy shells scored a dtrcet hit and blew in the trench, hvery man of Ihe section was buried a-- he stood 'Vikl " u '. v ' m di " 1110l '°- s,;iml " fiv and no! very deep, lor the muzzles oMlipiv rilles are slicking lain, or so out of the ground iu a row.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 72, 18 December 1919, Page 11
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119A FAMOUS TRENCH Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 72, 18 December 1919, Page 11
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