FELL ON THE TRENCHES
HOW THE ALLIES ATTACKED OVERPOWERING WAVES. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright (Received October 1, 9.30 a.m.) PARIS, September 30. | German dead were piled four deep in many parts of Loos- The village was wreoked, and the church is now a shapeless mass. Derricks and houses were blown to pieces and hundreds burned in the ruins. The principal line of German resistance in the Champagne included from ♦wo to five trench stretching hack three to five hundred yards towards a mass of entanglements at th<> C/hevaux-dd-Friso fortieth. Thix-o trenches wore i * veritable labyrinths. The second lino
of defence dominated the south bank of the river. The effect of the! latest creations in French artillery on obstacles and dagouts was terrible, while the long-range guns cut off reserves and supplies for forty-eight hours. At the hour appointed for attack, a human ware along a twenty-five kilometre front fell on the German trenches, enveloping and overpowering them. Seven such waves swept forward.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11507, 1 October 1915, Page 1
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