STRIKING BRITISH SUCCESS
COMPLETE MASTERY 'OVERGERMANS'. " (Press Association.—'Copyright.) (Ree.-Ju.lv 12. 3.20 p.m.) _ / LONDON, July 11.. Renter's correspondent, with the British Headquarters reports that, the latest British offensive in the vicinity. of •Boe&nghe. on Tuesday :.wfl§. "well executed' jand'achieved* considerable sti\aig>hteniiic; of the line. .. • Heavy artillery, bombarded for nil hour, clearing the entanglements " and enabling the. attackers with slight losses to oecupy . the enemy trenches* : ( : Prisoners admit- H-hat 'tJwSy suffered- severely from tlie 'bombardmeiit*. . v ' One .battalion' had four hundredi casualties, a nd;--maiiy • others 'were -buried' -in the trenches. The. attack was a complete surprise. - .. Every enemy cc-aiixter-attaek failed. Our iiriiil&iy if*' alpipsfc evei'y. case got- iitformation when the Germans were anassing, and stifled the assault, . th;e enemy*losing severely. •The prisoners are mostly of a good"' class of Prussian troops/ V . French artillery .helped; in--preventing: reinf'Or'cemeijts .coming -up. :
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 12 July 1915, Page 2
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