GERMANS DRIVEN FROM PREPARED DEFENCES.
ENEMY SHORTAGE OF HEAVY SHELLS REPORTED* Eeuter. LONDON. Oct. '•» A correspondent at headquarters says: We have driven the Germans practically from the whole depth of their defensive front over a width of several thousand yards. The result is that the Germans must now oppose us, more than on any previous occasion since the first battle of Ypres, with flesh and blood instead of with dug-outs, deep trenches, and concrete redoubts. Our barrage, more terrific than heretofore, crawled ahead of our lads, searching every yard which it traversed. The enemy's artillery response was somewhat ragged. Reports are current that the Germans are short of heavy ammunition; certainly their army orders invariably admonish the troops to husband this as much as possible. Recently the enemy has been firing at us some of our own shells, captured from the Russians. The fact that they are bringing them so far, in view of the great transport difficulties, is significant.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16670, 15 October 1917, Page 5
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