BRITISH PLUCK.
MAGNIFICENT WORK AT NIEUPORT. DO OR DIE ASSAULTS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received This Day, 2 p.m.) PARIS, July 25. The “Matin’s” correspondent on the British front eulogises the extraordinary energy with which the British in the Lombaertzyde region finally got the upper hand over an adversary nearly tenfold their strength. Thrice the Germans blew up the Nieuport bridges, and thrice under a withering fire the British engineers restored and finally held them. One general dashed forward with three battalions. The order was given to smash the enemy’s assaults or die on the spot. Meanwhile a colonel in Nieuport gathered a number of pioneers, cooks, and stretcher-bearers. Electrified by his speech this improvised body rushed the weak points and strengthened the regular battalions, which showed British mettle and initiative at the most critical moment.
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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7911, 26 July 1917, Page 3
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