CANADIANS REACH THE SUMMIT.
SMALL BAND HOLD POSITION
ONE OF FINEST FEATS. OF WAR
(Australian and N.Z. Oahle Association) (Received Nov. 7, 1.10 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. '6. The Canadians simultaneously attacked Passohendaele along the ridge and stormed up the remaining slopes .of Letcheele spur, north-west of Passchendaeie.
The British are engaged m , hea-vy fighting at Polderhoek chateau, four miles southward.
The Canadians followed the barrage for two minutes. The going was fairly good, hiaving reached the sandy soil of the summit.
Now that the situation has been relieved it is permissible to disclose tlyat the Canadian flank after the previous attack would have been entirely > iii the air but that ten men at one point and twenty at another held on for forty -eight hours* until reinforced.
It was one of the finest performances of the campaign, securing the left ancl enabling a successful continuance of the Passcbendaele operations.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14448, 7 November 1917, Page 3
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