WEEK OF WET WEATHER ON BRITISH FRONT.
ARTILLERY WORK OF THE DEADLIEST DESCRIPTION.
Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received June 18, 5.5 pan.)
LONDON. JUNE 17.
The correspondent of the London Times at the British headquarters, states that a week of incessant rain has made infantry attacks almost impossible. The recapture of ground previously lost, however, reveals that British artillery work has latterly been of the deadliest description. The Germans were unable to consolidate the ground, mount machine-guns, or remove supplies and stores of ammunition the British had left there-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16259, 19 June 1916, Page 5
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90WEEK OF WET WEATHER ON BRITISH FRONT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16259, 19 June 1916, Page 5
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