RETURNING SHELL FOR SHELL
j IMMENSE STRENGTH OF OPPY LINE.
(tmiTIO FMSS ASSOCIATION.—COPTMCHT.) (AUSTRALIAN-MEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received April 25, 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, 24th April. Correspondents comment on the great-' ly increased German artillery fire in 'the second phase of the Arras battle. The German gunners are returning slhell ' for shell. The ground is alive with i snipers, and many British soldiers -were .shot from behind after entering*the Ger•man lines.
The heaviest British losses were due 'to barrages and machine guns, not to the German infantry, who preferred surrender to hand-to-hand encounters.
The fighting disclosed tlhe immense strength of the Oppy line, which shields the Hindenburg line; but the capture >of Gavrelle puts us astride, of the former..
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 98, 25 April 1917, Page 8
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