GERMAN LINE PIERCED.
LONDON, June 15. During the last three weeks the 16th Canadian Scottish performed raagni* ficeut bayonet work round Ypres, On one occasion they carried four lines of German trenches and pierced the Ger* man line for over a mile. When the attackers were held up by entangle* ments the Canadian Engineers, with the greatest bravery, cut the wires and let the Scottish through. They carried the position, but sustained heavy losses^ The 48th Canadians also distin* guished themselves. y
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Otago Witness, Issue 3197, 23 June 1915, Page 17
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