(PRESS ASSOCIATION.) A BRITISH ATTACK GUN WORK AT LA BASSEE.
CAPTURING THE TRENCHES. LONDON, 21st June. A British officer, in a letter describing the assault on La Bassee, says that the artillery poured a tempest of shells into the Givenchy brickfields. "You would see a high explosive shell crash into a square fort like a block of brick baked solid. You would watch the great cloud of smoke roll away, and expect to see the brick-stack shattered, but you would find hardly a dent. Nevertheless, your own experience tells you that the defenders are suffering from fragments of shells and showers of broken bricks which are breaking their bodies and shattering their nerves. The bombardment continued day and night. "The Biitish meanwhile, enjoying the advantage of attackers, were able to rest ia^wdl-j^i'jeu«d_ju.OßiliDua-uu.li]_^lio uiOi,
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 146, 22 June 1915, Page 7
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133(PRESS ASSOCIATION.) A BRITISH ATTACK GUN WORK AT LA BASSEE. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 146, 22 June 1915, Page 7
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