DEADLY WATER-BOTTLES
(REUTER'B TELBGRAU.)
LONDON, 22nd September
. Reuter'e correspondent at Headquar= ters records an instance of tbe resourcefulness of the British soldiers. A party of bombers reached the parapet of the Germans, who were crouching in the trench. Owing to the close quarters grenades would have been equally dangerous to both sides. The Tommies pelted the Boches with water-bottles. Scenting a new. source of frightfulness the Germans speedily surrendered. Describing the German counter-at-tacks, the correspondent states that fresh troops from the reserves were utilised, and they attacked with" great determination, and' actually penetrated our lines on a front of 300 .yards. Fierce, hand-to-hand fighting ensued, and the ground was .soon covered with their corpses. Five other similar attacks of a formidable nature wero all repulsed with great losses. Our casualties were light.
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Evening Post, Volume xciv, Issue 73, 24 September 1917, Page 7
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