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CANADIANS' ASTOUNDING WORK. WHAT WAS ACHIEVED IN TWELVE HOURS. LONDON, 22nd September. The Canadians took a brilliant share in the battle of the 15th, forced back | the Germans over a mile, and captured Mouquet Farm, after desperate resistance. They carried the Sugar Refinery, and then advanced and captured the whole village of Gourcelette. Altogether they took prisoner 1200, including 32 officers. ■ The artillery barrage advanced before
the Canadians stage by stage with remarkable precision. The infantry moved forward in successive waves, and directly the first line of the German trenches was secured the assaulting waves pressed on. In their midst were several armoured cars. The Germans were powerless to stop the cars, which assisted materially in silencing the jmtchine-guns, and enfilading the enemy trenches/ The attack was so successful that it was decided to press on to Gourcelette and Mququet Farm. Within twelve hours the Canadians captured the whole defensive works on a wide front to a depth of a thousand to two thousand yards, despite the fact that the Germans were fighting with the courage of despair.
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 74, 25 September 1916, Page 7
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