AN ECHO OF LOOS
HIGH EXPLOSIVE "PREMATURES"
(Australian-New Zealand Cable Association.)
LONDON, 16th August. Mr.. Lloyd George (Minister of War), commenting on the improvement in itha .analitx. of munitions, revealed the fact that, the. nrematia-e Vmrstinc of
shells was so bad ai, the Battle of Loos that the firing of high-explosive shell had to be abandoned. Now the number of premature bursts was negligible.
SAMPLE AUSTRALIAN SHELLS - ACCEPTED. MELBOURNE, 16th August. Senator Pearco (Federal Minister of Defence) states that the Imperial authorities have accepted a sample lot of 18-pounder shell bodies.
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 41, 17 August 1916, Page 7
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91AN ECHO OF LOOS Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 41, 17 August 1916, Page 7
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