ACCOUNT OF MONDAY'S ATTACK.
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British: smash their way
THROUGH. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received Api*il 12, 9.45 p.m.) LONDON, April .11. Mr Philip Gibbs, in a further account of Monday's attacks, emphasises the stiff fighting at Blasgy, where the defences were exceptionally strong. The troops—old English regiments—smashed their way through a perfect nest of formidable works, with the assistance of the tanks, which "knocked out the. machine-guns. The Scottish troops' attack on the famous railway tri-
angle was held up for a time by j machine-guns where the enemy's i works were not*vet destroyed, Mean- 1 while the British "barrage still moved j ahead. Word was sent to the rear • and the barrage crept back, coming perilously close 'fro the "Scots, hut not too close. The gunners, with marvellous accuracy, found the triangle .-and reduced the defences. The Scots •surged forward over the chaos of tim■T>er and barricades atid readied their <goal. i
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Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 86, 13 April 1917, Page 5
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159ACCOUNT OF MONDAY'S ATTACK. Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 86, 13 April 1917, Page 5
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