THE HELL OF FLANDERS.
DANTR OUTDONE BY BRITIS^ ' ARTH^LERy. GERMAN VTEW~OF THB BAT^,E. fThe Times.) (Received Nov. 9; 8.40 a,m.) AMSTERDAM. Nov. 8. "■ The Berlin Post describes the battle m an article headed' "ln the' Flanders' Hell." The history of £he" world,' it says, haS not seen anything more awful than jthe British artillerying. Shell's are destroying the hinterland and nothing remained intact. The defences were levelled everywhere. -Smoke shells followed till the* defenders saw nothing. v (Jas ensued, coating the. .German weapons with a thick rust. Thedr rumfire .created a fparjdemonhim. Dante would be unable to (describe it. The British used . flamethrowers. TJfye tanks with Tinvincible ' machine * guns inside. Behind c^me , the. , Scots' . and s and murder broke ou,fc, afresh. "The Germans were forced to ' retire over their qwri dead. . , A,- - ■-,;•- * -
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14450, 9 November 1917, Page 3
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132THE HELL OF FLANDERS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14450, 9 November 1917, Page 3
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