FIGHT WITH CANADIANS.
BRISK BAYONET ENCOUNTERS. ■■:"::- LONDON, April 13.. . Mr.'Beach Thomas, Daily Mail Repre sentatiye;'wriites ih regard* to the;fighting between'-the'. Prussian -Guards arid the Canadians i^y ;' . "Violent " hand-to-hand' fighting arif 1 brisk bayonet' work succeeded ihe full dress battles. The enemy, desperately endeavoring' to retain; a spur' of the Vimy Ridge, let loose the Prussian 'Guards, who had a hot .bayonet fight with ..the'Canadians, m which the latter were killing, the majority of the Guards. The remainder took to their heels, y "The dauntless overseas spirit .vras shown by an incident m which .a Gentian bayoneted- a'-Canadian,, who pulled out the bayonet and then killed his assailant with the butt end of his own rifle. Dining the fight our guns so mercilessly bombarded the Ge.rjnan batteries that no German gunner" dared to fire, or even leave his dug-out."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14285, 30 April 1917, Page 4
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