AVENGING LES EPARGES.
GERMAN DEAD PILED IN HEAPS. LONDON. April 13. The ‘Daily ChronicleV Baris comtipoiident states that the Germans, desiring to counter the French triumph at Les Eparges, attacked several times in the line along Ancre. They exploded mines under the French on Saturday, four miles north of Albert, and several bayonet encounters followed. The battle lugaa iu earnest at midnight. Tremendous cannonading awakened tho citizens of Amiens, but. unfortunately for the Germans they selected an impregnable spot. Tho clearness o: the night was favorable to the French use of rifles and machine guns. The Germans came on shoulder to shoulder, shouting: “Iloch!” but tho ground in if rout of the French trenches was piled high with dead and dying. The artillery prevented tho German reinforcements from mustering. The French loss was comparatively' slight.
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Evening Star, Issue 15777, 14 April 1915, Page 3
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135AVENGING LES EPARGES. Evening Star, Issue 15777, 14 April 1915, Page 3
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