THE DEATH ZONE
AN UNFORGETTABLE SIGHT. SOLDIERS INTERVIEWED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) '(Rec. Julv 5. 10.30 a.m.) * 'LONDON, July 4. Gordon Highlanders led the charge. One states that the death zone was an unforgettable sight. They encountered about 10G0 corpses and- human limbs andscattered) an'd battered defences. There were some .plucky ones among the enemy. The Bavarians knew how to use the steel. The new 'big French gun eclipsecl the German I's-i.nchers and wiped l out •a'village cm the Sarome" frorffc on- Friday. Each shot swept away a d9ze.ll. 'houses.
The Morning Post interviewed a sergeant of the who said) he was ashamed to bring in lads of 15. bn*t they were nice bovs-. They cut off their buttons and offered them as keepsakes. There were also a fair number of middle-aged prisoners. Our men harbour no deep-rooted animosity to individual Germans. Thev say they are clever people-, compelled to obey- their superiors implicitly. Lively artillery work on the .Belgian front caused; .destructive fires in the German positions at .Dfreigriese-n andeast of Steenstraite.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 5 July 1916, Page 5
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