THE LINES OF ATTACK.
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Australian ijmd ;NiZ.\Gable >AssociatiQn
(Received July 3, .9 a;.m). LONIX)N, July 2. Our lino of attack starts roughly. en the outskirts •of Arras, vxiiule the FreJidb. ba^e .'front -on the right extends possibly 'beirond 'Royo. 'It is an cmdiilatrag, 'open, wooded countryside, "l with only :the vusual roads and railways of jm TJgncqJtin'al district, hence the 'German defence is less jadrantageoa^y ■plaee'd 'thaai iin other sectors. :' "-
Military critics >point put ithat there is notlfaiisg Ihaph.«zard 'in the choice, of moment .or ipfeee, nor'is it mere chance that -pur offensive is coincident, with. Mhe Russian. ;;an'd Italian thrusts., '
Tlxe' Germans hitherto'have not-a.T-tempted jany sericus fighting in this .sector because, inirike. Ypres, nvhitfh offered; the Ohannel ports, it, did not offer anJybjoctiyo^f>aity,rvalue. . A"1 soribui breach in.-fihe German front will imperil the Trhole position in nortbeiTi France. "
Happily our cutfe*g-<oitft raids "lmy«*fainilarised/us vr.r<3i the iritricaciss-of i3ie defeiices. "
A Belgian commuTiiq'ue says: "^V^ carried! out a destruqtrve firo on. 'Gerir:an works and batteries, in .'the Dixmude region. ';. ": .
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Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 155, 3 July 1916, Page 5
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171THE LINES OF ATTACK. Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 155, 3 July 1916, Page 5
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