CLEVER FRENCHMEN.
CAPTURE OF 3IACHES FORTS. HOW THE HUN WAS FOOLED. Austrc'ian and X.Z. Cable Association. (Received July 20. Noon.) PARIS. July 19. A lucky French ruse captured the Biaehos fort on the. 9th. 'J.'he lore- v.a.-, so well concealed and nroie'ctwl- tliat the houihnrdmont failed to destroy the work.-. A German company hold out for twenty-four hoars. At last a French subdieuteii-1 ant and eight• men found a vulnerable} -p-it. iuic! entered the fort unseen. The nd'icer ;u;d :\- man rushed for-I 'A. 1 rd {rj-euixlcs and shout-lug j "Charge T.'itli the bayonet! 1 ' Then •no hundred :ind twenty-three Gcrnujus came out oi' their shelter withv.u resisting, j-ix of the other l-'renehinrii sprang forward with greatpun jtnd utterly deceived iho enemy, ivh'i fiunjr down th-vr arms. j Thus Ri'-'iics i'ort was captured J without the. h>s.s of r. Frenchman.. i
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11755, 20 July 1916, Page 6
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