"THE CANADIAN BOYS CAME THROUGH."
(Received September 25, 8.40 a.m.)
LONDON, 24th September
Mr. Philip Gibbs, dealing with the Canadians' capture of Gourcelette, declares that it was one of the most astounding . things of the battle. After the Sugar Refinery was taken, the officers who were not wounded held a conference as to the possibility of taking Conrceletto. All ueemed , quiet- in the ruins.' No. one knew the size of the garrison, though ■an occasional burst from machine-guns showed that defenders remained, and it was manifest, that it would be a big adventure to undertake at the fag-end of the day. This conference.- decided to try, and the honour of leading the attack v?as given to a battalion largely composed of French-Cana-dians. It was afterwards discovered that there were 15,500 Germans in the village, greatly outnumbering the stormers. Tiny parties of Canadians dashed into dug-outs full of Germans. One boy brought up twenty prisoners, including two German colonels, who were chagrined to find they had surrendered to such a small force of attackers. Tlie. enemy made seven counterattacks during the. night, and things often looked black, but the Canadian boys came through.
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 74, 25 September 1916, Page 7
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