APPROACHING COMBLES.
A FIELD FORTRESS. FRENCH GUNNERY SUPERIOR. PARTS, August 17. (Received August 18, at noon.) ' Lo Petit Parisein ' states that the French successes on the .Somme on Wednesday were not a surprise to tho Germans, who were fully aware that an attack was imminent after the two days' preliminary bombardment. But tho German artillery was no match for the French. The French lossc.-j were not hea.vy. The Germans still hold Gnilleraont and portion of Mauropas, thanks to their proximity to Combles, which is a veritable fortress.
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Evening Star, Issue 16196, 18 August 1916, Page 4
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87APPROACHING COMBLES. Evening Star, Issue 16196, 18 August 1916, Page 4
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