EFFECTS OF THE ENEMY'S UNPRECEDENTED ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT ON THE FRENCH DEFENSIVE WORKS NEAR Yr.K, j l'.\ . Desnite the violent bombardment of the French lines at Verdun, and the waves of infantry charges which here followed, comparatively little progress lias been made by the enemy owing to ths splendid defensive tact.es of the French. The result of the terrible smashing by the heavy gmis is only faintly depicted in the photograph, but the 1- rench command is able to report that H means Illustriltk)n , j
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Otago Witness, Issue 3251, 5 July 1916, Page 40 (Supplement)
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84EFFECTS OF THE ENEMY'S UNPRECEDENTED ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT ON THE FRENCH DEFENSIVE WORKS NEAR Yr.K, j l'.\ . Desnite the violent bombardment of the French lines at Verdun, and the waves of infantry charges which here followed, comparatively little progress lias been made by the enemy owing to ths splendid defensive tact.es of the French. The result of the terrible smashing by the heavy gmis is only faintly depicted in the photograph, but the 1- rench command is able to report that H means Illustriltk)n, j Otago Witness, Issue 3251, 5 July 1916, Page 40 (Supplement)
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