AT CLOSE QUARTERS WITH THE HUN.—A FIGHT FOR GERMAN GUNS NEAR ST. QUENTIN. A military correspondent writes: “During our advance north of St. Quentin a battery of six German guns was captured, and was in the act of being taken away to the rear when the Germans launched a very heavy counter-attack with the object of getting them back. Their first wave was shot to pieces by rifle and machine-gun fire, but the second wave, such was its momentum, managed to recapture the guns before it was spent. Our reinforcements were rushed up, and a heavy barrage put over the Germans, who were eventually forced back with very heavy loss, after which all six guns were got safely away. The sketch shows the moment when the Germans were within ten yards of the British firing line. The supports are seen rushing up to reinforce, and on their arrival the tide finally turned in our favour.”

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1425, 16 August 1917, Page 16

AT CLOSE QUARTERS WITH THE HUN. —A FIGHT FOR GERMAN GUNS NEAR ST. QUENTIN. A military correspondent writes: “During our advance north of St. Quentin a battery of six German guns was captured, and was in the act of being taken away to the rear when the Germans launched a very heavy counter-attack with the object of getting them back. Their first wave was shot to pieces by rifle and machine-gun fire, but the second wave, such was its momentum, managed to recapture the guns before it was spent. Our reinforcements were rushed up, and a heavy barrage put over the Germans, who were eventually forced back with very heavy loss, after which all six guns were got safely away. The sketch shows the moment when the Germans were within ten yards of the British firing line. The supports are seen rushing up to reinforce, and on their arrival the tide finally turned in our favour.”