NEW DEFENCE SYSTEM
NARROW FRONTS OF GREAT DEPTH
SHATTERED BY THE BRITISH ATTACK
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LONDON, 22nd September. ■Mr. H. Perry Bobinson, The Times correspondent at Headquarters, says that German officers abundantly confirm the importance *^'f^*'f& and testify to the overwhelming work of the artillery and the brilliance of the infantry advances as things incredible. They do not attempt to disguise the amOr)faaklns the German methods, Mr. Robinson says : "Instead of a single strong line they now base their defence on a great depth, and crowd their troops on very narrow fronts, supported by strong reserves further back or immediate counterattacks. The whole area was sprinkled with concrete iedoubts, and the massed guns were 4000 t0.7500 yards behind the front line. This elaborate scheme is the last blossom of German strategists carefully worked out and framed with enormous industry. We have broken it. ■ Mr. Robinson states that the New Zealanders did particularly • valuable work. Besides laying 30,000 yards of cables, they repaired all the roads and trenches. ' ■:■ ■ . .
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Evening Post, Volume xciv, Issue 73, 24 September 1917, Page 7
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169NEW DEFENCE SYSTEM Evening Post, Volume xciv, Issue 73, 24 September 1917, Page 7
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