BATTERY BLOWN AWAY.
" A Zouave, bdloiigjng : to a. Frerich Algerian regiment . spoke . thus : ;" Ah/' ''■ he commented, "that was fine, very fine" (bpau, tr'ss beau), but finer .was ' that ' *what I saw, a German battery blown into: jiothing at all. it'- was : &t - Chatelecj to 1 the. %a_t •of Charleroi. - W* were m the. ftre»che«..-7 Imi-ifront .of -■ us the 'Bosches' were ~«corking; their guns -on a hilLabout thr-eesquarteriv ,ofci»; mile aw.ay .: Suddenly two Jaatteries; behind us, .which ' had come. into; posltionijwithout; the ene-: ; my noticing them,^opened a terrific fire on the hill. Shells burst m rapid succession, as quick as I am telling you, and the battery — guns, men, ana all — * was literally blown away. It happened ■ like a Mmi d'artifiee' (a «etpiecc m fire-
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13540, 18 November 1914, Page 4
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124BATTERY BLOWN AWAY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13540, 18 November 1914, Page 4
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