PEOPLE'S PICTURES.
RECORD HALL UPPER HUTT. TON IG H T - 7.30 - S AIURD AY GREAT BATTLE BEFORE ANTWERP. Inhabitants of - Quatrecht leaving their homes with their tew worldly possessions, flying anywhere to escape shells. 4th & 10th Batteries in action -the violence of the explosions shake all the trees Receiving information by telephone as to- whereabouts of enemy. Order received~"Change direction of gun to your right Advancing to another position under shelter of distant trees. Real objective of. gun-fire-Covering the advance of'infantry on, banks of river Scheldt. Effect ol the gun-fire given to gunners by telephone Horses and limber-wagons waiting for another move German shells bursting in mid air givingoffcloudsqf smoke Effect of shell fire on houses Gathering up trophies of the fight. OUft SCORE-202, NOT OUT
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Hutt Valley Independent, Volume V, Issue 212, 6 February 1915, Page 3
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126PEOPLE'S PICTURES. Hutt Valley Independent, Volume V, Issue 212, 6 February 1915, Page 3
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