GERMAN DEAD PILED FOUR DEEP.
_ ;■ it., ■ ; . . ■ I'RlvNbH ARTILLERY- 6ST>ITHRATR OBSTRUCTIONS. WAVES OF DASHIXO FRENCHMEN (Received October 1, 8.10 a.m.) PARLSv Sept. 30. Tlie 'German dead were piled four deep m many parts of Loos village The wrecked church was .<i shapeless mass. Derricks and houses were blown to • pieces. Hundreds of men were buried m tlie ,rudn». : The principal line of the German resistance m Champagne included two' to five trenches, stretching back three to five hundred yards. Tnere- was a. mass of entanglements, chevaux. de frise, and fortlets, and the trenches were a veritable' labyrinth. The second defence line dominated the south bank of the (river. ' ■ . Tlie effect of the latest creations of French artillery on obstacles and dugouts was terrible, while long-range guaip cut off reserves and supplies for fortyeight hours. -.:' At the hour appointed $p t r the attack a human waive on a twenty-five kilometre front fell on the' German trenches, enveloping and them. Seven such waves swept forward.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13803, 1 October 1915, Page 3
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163GERMAN DEAD PILED FOUR DEEP. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13803, 1 October 1915, Page 3
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