DASH TO CALAIS.
A PLAN THAT FAILED. SEQUEL TWO DAYS LATER. LONDON, October 14." The .German right intended to make a dash to '.Calais. This was timed to 'coincide with the taking of Antwerp. This was to be the second -blow at Engv land's prestige. The German flag was to be planted -within, sight of British shores. - : ."." ; -' v' ..,'■■ French guns- : were advantageously placed -on an eminence at Mont .Cassel, and the German -forces met a .raking side, fire from trenches which. Jia<i escaped their notice. Many hundreds were killed or. wounded, and the. Germans retreated in disorder. . r ■ v . Two days Jater the German front was thrown over the Belgian border. ;
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 216, 16 October 1914, Page 7
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111DASH TO CALAIS. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 216, 16 October 1914, Page 7
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