WEAK RESISTANCE OF THE ENEMY
NONE STOOD THEIR GROUND (Received-November 8, 9.30 a.m.) ■»» « ■ ,™.,,. LONDON, 7th November Mr. Percival Phillips writes: A feature of the capture of Passchendaele •was the weak resistance of the troops opposing the Canadians. The Uth German Division, composed of hardy Breslau battalions, was ordered to "hold on at all costs. Many men surrendered; more ran away ; and none stood their' ground. The Canadians advanced more than two thousand yards." Twenty minutes after the attack was launched the Canadians were rooting out the occupants of the cellars in Paaechendaele. When the Germans sought to fly down the slopes, the Canadians brought up Lewis guns and killed the fugitives Our airmen were masters of the sky, and swarmed abovev-the German lines A few enemy aeroplanes were-.gmckrys driven off. '
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 112, 8 November 1917, Page 7
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