THE BATTLE FOR CHAULNES
ENEMY HOLDUP GROUND AT ALL COSTS
STRUGGLE IN THE OLD TRENCHES
. LONDON, 13th Augurt. Mr. Keith Murdoch, correspondent at Australian Headquarters, writing on 11th August, states: "As fresh Hun troops (which include Grenadier Guards) arrive the enemy's resistance stiffens, and the battLe begins to assume the normal characteristics of close and intense fighting. On the ridge in front of Lihons the German gunners are told to samfice their guns in order to hjygper the advance, and the infantry were told to die on the rjdge. This ridge is the strongest position between Bretonneux and Roye. It dominates the plain, and is the beginning of the old Somme battlefield. The mazes of the old trenches are overgrown with grass, but serviceable, and are available for the defenders.
The Australians did some bitter fighting round the ridge, eventually outflanking the Germans, driving them back in fierce counter-attacks, and capturing A number of guns. The Australian losses were under half the number of the prisoners they captured. Our booty continues to pile up. The Kosieres dump alone is worth a million sterling."
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 40, 15 August 1918, Page 7
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183THE BATTLE FOR CHAULNES Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 40, 15 August 1918, Page 7
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