KNIVES USED IN TRENCH WARFARE.
FRENCH ACCEPT A GERMAN CHALLENGE. (Received June 20. 3-80 c m ) Paris, June 19. A French officer, describing the combat south of Hebuterne, stales: "A German battalion on our right assailed us with hand grenades and knives. That settled it. Our comrades rushed across the intervening space, 400 metres deep and 1200 metres long,, and took the first trenches with our knives."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15949, 21 June 1915, Page 8
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67KNIVES USED IN TRENCH WARFARE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15949, 21 June 1915, Page 8
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