BULLECOURT STRONGLY DEFENDED.

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14409, 10 May 1917, Page 1

BULLECOURT STRONGLY DEFENDED.

GARRISONED BY FRESH TROOPS

SUCCESSFUL SCOTTISH ATTACK.

FALL OF THE VILLAGE IMMI-

NENT.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association)

I (Received May 10, 0.15 a.m.) London, May 9. The "Morning/Post" says the Germans surrounded Bullecourt with the1 strongest possible defences. New troops belonging to the 207 th Division were 'brought from Ypres at the week--end to garrison the village. The Scots captured many of them yesterday. f They found the majority of thorn concealed in the dugouts. When the Scots attacked after a thorough bombardment lasting all night the Germans surrendered. They had suffered severe casualties before the Scots attacked. Later the Germans made several attempts to recover the.: trenches, but the Scots held their ground, Australian bombers giving effective co-operation. Bullecourt is not destined to long vemain a German stronghold. ■ The Germans themselves realise the fact, and are trying to dig new trenches behind the village. Our artillery disperses every working party, and the bodies iie thick among the abandoned (entrenching tools.