A RAPID ADVANCE.
GiBJRJMIAN® BOLT. - BEFORE THE!
CANUKS. •
AIRME-N MASTERS OP THE SKY.
(Australian and N.Z. Cable ARBOciation.'i
(Received Nov. 8, -9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 7.
Mr Percival. Phillips states; A feature of the capture of Passcheridaele was the weak resistance -oil the troops opposing the Canadians. The Eleventh German, Division, composed o| 'hafdy <Bresla»r battalions, was ordered to 'hold on at all; costs. Many .surrendered, .more ,Tan> away,' and none stood 'the ground. .{■ !The tpafiadians advanced more tihan; two thousand yards. . Twenty ininutea lifter the attack was i launched Canadians were rooting out the N occupants of Pas- 1 scbendaele cellars. . ." i - '.
When the. Germans sought to'fly doifrn the slopes, the 'Canadians -brougWt thfcirLewis guns to play and killed the fugi-; tives. ; ; I Our airmen were masters of , .tne_;Sfcy and .swarmed above the German lihea. A . few enemy aeroplanes were quickly driven off. • ' . ; i -
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14449, 8 November 1917, Page 3
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