CANADIANS' SUCCESS AT VIMY.
TREMENDOUS Amm.Umt BAH- \ TtAGE.
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, -Australian asicT 3Sf,J?i.<'Oa'b'le Association! {Received April "11, S.'^ a.m-) • : _ BAMS,: April 20, | . The Petit Paxisien,. describing the ' Canaclians' success .at Vimy> states that the British artillery put up a tremendous TaaTirage 'in front of the assaulting troops, also extending a 'fire curtain to the .enemy's war and isolating the Creiinans, who, realising that escape was 'impossible, ■ did not ■offer a prolonged resistance. Whole battalions surrendered, although tliere ; was .a fierce struggle to the death at i certain points, especially at tDo'jeul and. Telegraph Hi 11,.. Tlie British - ca-uglit several hun-, dn?d of the enemy on the "banks of i the Scarpe, and 'tmt 3own Uhose refusing to surrender The Canadians' rested momentarily on ;*the "Vimy j slopes after the capture of the first two lines, then they dasTiocl at the j summit, and the t>ennans threw down their arms. . : ,j
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Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 84, 11 April 1917, Page 5
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151CANADIANS' SUCCESS AT VIMY. Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 84, 11 April 1917, Page 5
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