THE FRENCH PREPARATIONS FOR THE GERMAN ATTACK OX VERDUN: ONE OF THE HUGE RESERVES OF SHELLS BEYOND RANGE OF THE ENEMY'S GUNS. The French Genera] Staff realised from the beginning that this was bound to b? a battle- in which the only thing that could tell wou'd be sliver weight of metal. The army that in the first instance could hurl the mosl metal containing high explosives mus' deicti the enemy, even if he had 200,000 more men. As indicated in this photograph, the French had a huge reserve of shells placed in pes'tions of safety beyond trie range of tlif Gcr.uan artillery, ready for easy transport tn 'he batteries as required. These stocks of shells were replenished hour by hour throughout the battle.

Otago Witness, Issue 3244, 17 May 1916, Page 41 (Supplement)

THE FRENCH PREPARATIONS FOR THE GERMAN ATTACK OX VERDUN: ONE OF THE HUGE RESERVES OF SHELLS BEYOND RANGE OF THE ENEMY'S GUNS. The French Genera] Staff realised from the beginning that this was bound to b? a battle- in which the only thing that could tell wou'd be sliver weight of metal. The army that in the first instance could hurl the mosl metal containing high explosives mus' deicti the enemy, even if he had 200,000 more men. As indicated in this photograph, the French had a huge reserve of shells placed in pes'tions of safety beyond trie range of tlif Gcr.uan artillery, ready for easy transport tn 'he batteries as required. These stocks of shells were replenished hour by hour throughout the battle.