THE LEFT WING.
GERMAN GAS ATTACK. EFFECTIVE BRITISH GUNNERY. PARIS, February 22. Official: ,A heavy German attack south of the- Somme-Lihons sector, over a front of seven kilometres, was preceded by an intense bombardment and successive emissions of asphyxiating gas, but it was beaten back everywhere. The High Commissioner cables, London, February 22 :•—Our artillery actively bombarded hostile trenches at Hulluch and north of the Ypres-Comines Canal, a large explosion resulting from a heavy howitzer lire against gun positions in tho Rading{iem area.
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Evening Star, Issue 16045, 23 February 1916, Page 3
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83THE LEFT WING. Evening Star, Issue 16045, 23 February 1916, Page 3
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