"BOUM."

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11685, 29 April 1916, Page 5

"BOUM."

A (;KiniA.\ DIVISION AX- i SJHILATED. j J'AH 18. March JO. | 'IIn - ! ".Jonnuil irivv-ti tin' Tallowing-; detail-, ol' the '-coup" in the Bois des I Cairn*-, which resulted, the pajxir says. in tin complete annihilation of a Get'- '■■ uiiui division. "To tho ii.n-i.-h of Vcriiun. ;i little way above Beaumont. |je s tho Bois <l-'s Cuure*. ft is a point- which was vorv much desired by the Germans, and. i therefore, all steps wore taken to give j then) a.s good a reception as possible. ] While on the outs kills ol' the wood our j troops, in force, opposed the enemy, a j lieutenant of with his men, i prepared the wood, which was yi ry ! carefully mined. I '" 'I ln> Urriii.in.s. more and mure determined, io capture the ixjsir,inti. ad- ; vauotd in masses, more than a division j strong. ()i;r poilus retired into the ! wood, and tho Germans, eonvino-d that i thoy were fleeing, dashed in pursuit. j and entered the wood with orifs of tri- ; iiinph. When t-he lasr of our men had ' loft, the wood at the otlie-r side <onie- ■ one postrd outside Bc-aidnout pressed a ihiitton. wliieh was eoinieeted. i\ith n ! si "ics of electric wires. Suddenly, from ■ 1 l !C directioti of the Boi< tlv* ('ante*. ; a Iruneiulous ' bourn ' was heard. Trees i mixed with strange shapes sprang into the air. Terrible erios were heard. and then the silence of <*eatli reigned. I I'ractic-fdly the entire wood had been j wrecked by a series of mine explosion-".. i A German division had disappeared."'