UNCEASING GUN FIRE.
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association)
' 7LONDON,. July 30. 7 Mr "Philip , Gibbs? .reports : — The .unceasing -gun .fire . on'. -both sides ranges from the Flemish 'coast to southwards of Lens. •
The enemy artillery is. thickly massed against the most vital sectors of our front. The .enemy have brought, up vast supplies ■■> of ammunition and are firnijr shells into Nieuport;* Ypres, and Armeiitieres; and ••■■flinging them.milesp.deep over the countryside, searching for our batteries. * ' •-■■ (
: The enemy's long*r_nge guns are firing at ..targets from ■ 12 to 20 ■ miles from their emplacements. ■'--.. . ■'
Tlie British) < returned twice the number o£ .shells, and our aeroplanes , drop bombs,'* forty miles , behind- the enemy's front. , .'lt isYrivalry of ; destruction greater than m any former phase of the. war. - The infantry stands stilLon b6th sides under theVartillery duel, except for -fierce and destructive raids here tand there. ;
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14363, 31 July 1917, Page 3
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140UNCEASING GUN FIRE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14363, 31 July 1917, Page 3
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