CANAL CUTTING UTILISED BY THE ENEMY.
FORMIDABLE MILITARY OPERATIONS FACILITATED.
EXPLANATION OF ALLIES' SLOW PROGRESS. Paris, October 21. Between Royc and Arras the Germans utilised a cutting intended for a new canal 60 miles long between Arleux, in the north, near the Belgian border, and Noyon, in the south, which afforded facilities for formidable military operations. This largely explains the allies' slow progress, and resulted in desperate fighting. Germans, strongly posted at Lebizat, near Armentieres, made a desperate attempt to break through the allies' lines. The combat lasted from dawn to mid-day, the Germans then weakening under the heavy artillery fire. Eventually the German position was stormed at the point of the bayonet. Three hundred and seventy-five Germans were captured in a fight between Ypres and Lille.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15747, 23 October 1914, Page 5
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127CANAL CUTTING UTILISED BY THE ENEMY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15747, 23 October 1914, Page 5
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