THE GERMAN DEFENCES.
, CURIOUS INEQUALITIES. (Australian^ and N.Z. V Ga.btevAaaeofatioii.) ; '■< ' LONDON, October .24. | Mr. Philip :Gibbs -reports I on the 22nd r«vealQfi ■'ctirions ine^aaiity of strength and; determination of the [German defence. !,•&;?•?■. -7jkJ The Norf oiks aud., Essea^rs of Poelkappelle found^hei^ chief difficulty from a machine-gun Ijarragejvin the German' rear. ' *s. The heavy gunfire . which, the .Brit'sh had put over l,he gtourid 'for a v.eek) had, made the ai'ea. most unhealthy for the "Germans who had withdrawn many troops to safer lines, leaving,. only .mail outposts. ' .. : ■ The hardest position to take was right of. Houthulst Forest, which, despite >11 gas that had soaked m, was full of the 26th Reserve Division, which was under •stem orders to defend to the death.
There were many concrete emplacements m the fore.standbloQkhonsea all along the Staden railway.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14437, 25 October 1917, Page 3
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134THE GERMAN DEFENCES. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14437, 25 October 1917, Page 3
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