GERMANS COMPLETE THE DESTRUCTION OF YPRES.
SCARCELY A HOUSE LEFT STANDING IN THE TOM. TERRIBLE CARNAGE OF FIVE DAYS' FIGHTING. Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received April 30. 7.30 p.m.) London, April 29. A correspondent in the north of France says that although the eecond battle of Flanders has only lasted five days, fighting is so furious, and so deadly are the effects of the engines of war and the enemy's diabolical devices, that the losses of the allies already exceed those in any previous action since the war began. The enemy have Buffered heavier losses. The temporary advantage they have gained is inappreciable. The German bombardment of Ypics completed the distraction..of., •- SJ the town. Scarcely a house is left standing. Every village along the Ypres-Poperinghe Road was shelled. British ambulances were hit at r'L Poperinghe, and suffered severely. The railway station where the British wounded entrained was the main object of attack, and was «.. converted into a shambles. The wounded were removed to neigh- .Of bouring cellars.. ',''''%& • .• f .•. .■-..-■ • ' . .. ■ ' r>\s>X, &&&&&&&.'s*
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15906, 1 May 1915, Page 7
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171GERMANS COMPLETE THE DESTRUCTION OF YPRES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15906, 1 May 1915, Page 7
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