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Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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WAR. Never befurn had tlu giiuiiul t»» hti Httai;k><i;b<.o cliMt^y htuilit^il in itH laiiiuteHt detailhtlDiti the uir, frmu ti large nuuilier uf nbHcrvutiim posth especirtlly ertiated for the purpuHes ofthetiu O;jertttioiia. The puriod of iiiteiirte artilleryftre opened on Oetoher 21, in weather fnvom-able to aerial observation. On October i\\ a4(>y i-nuiip cauhed a bij^ fire in DonauniontKurt and both right and left of tht^ fort theGerman position^i had bt<en most HtUtiMfactorilyplougheil lip. In order to ntake aHHuraiice \ an\Cliiipilie Wood, llu- trenchtw in front of\aiix Kuit, and those in front of DanilDiij)baltiiy. The Heeonil objective given to the troopn,which wart tt) be rt«a(^hed uft(»r a biief intervalallowed for nwt, was the geneial line formed byl)onaunit)nt Xillage and Donauniont Fort, thenoith-earttern edge of \aiix Iond and theDandonp battery. The men, jjlaced at I lie tuj) of their fightingliim l)y the weeks of carefnl jji-eparation they
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CHASSEURS ALPINS ON THE WAY TO VERDUN. doubly sure a feint attack was delivered withthe object of making the expectant enemyreveal all his hidden battery positions. Over130 batteries were thus located and the Frenchguns in successful counter-battery firing silencedsixty of them before the attack was launched. The time given for the assault was 11.40 onthe morning of October 24. The general planof the operation pro\-ided for two distinctphases of the battle. The first period was tocarry the French on to the line formed by theHaudromont quarries, the trenches north ofThiaumont farm, tl.e north-eastern spm* of had undergone, strengthened in their confidenceby the extraordinarily thorough work of theirartillery, had been further inspired by theOrders of the Day issued to them on the eveof the attack. General de Passaga, who com-manded in the centre, had thus addressed hismen : Officers, non-commissioned officers andmen : It is nearly eight montlis since c>urhated enemy the Boche tried

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