GERMANS USE NEW PROJECTILES.
Just before the British launched thedr attack on the enemy trenches north-west of Peziere, th». Gtt-ißian^ for the-firsrfc time tried a new kind of projectile in am effort to 1 drij-je the New Zealandeas &*om neattbty posi-i tions. Th.« projeotiles' whioh wei-« about the size of oranges, were sens ■at short range in salvos of:from1200 to 300 each, and wei'e sprinkled J ova-r----an -area, oi two to three acres. Those projectiles burst into flamesi.* as they hit tihe ground, and gave off, gae.
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Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13850, 9 November 1918, Page 5
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87GERMANS USE NEW PROJECTILES. Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13850, 9 November 1918, Page 5
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