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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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d, was grandiose.The Colonials swept like a rising tidf! over thefort, inside which figlitirig atiil continued. Jothe eawt wo could m(> the Cliasseurs climbingthe Hlop«-H of La Caillette and tlie Fausse-Cote,while an un-nding grey column of prisonerschTn\jtu) over the Clianibit^>ux rirlg*^ towards• .S#-<- Vol. Vni., pp. 304.5. system of pincers, first applied in the Artoisoffensive (jf May, lOI.i, was again adopted. Itconsisted of driving in upon each side of astrong position pincers of infantry andof gradually forcing the tooth out of theenemys jaw. Salins division had to putin the loft forcep, and it had as its firstobjective the Uavine df» la Dame, and as itsseconrl the Ravine de la Couleuvre on its loft,and the Thiauniont and Douaumont villages onits centre and right. By two oclock every-thing IumI worked so smoothly, the arrange-ments for Ii(i,isoii liad provful Dieinselves soperfect, that all (lie objectives given had been 4f.l ////■; 7/.\//;.S HISTORY OF THE WAR.
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THE BoIS BOURRU, BETWEEN VEKDUN AND MORT-HuMME. carrietl. In fact, here as elsewhere along thefront, tho objective given had been passed, andpatting into action for the first time on anyscale new tactics, once the troops had reachedthe line given to thcin, bodies of men werepushed on bejond it into the enemy positionswith the object of destroying guns and mat,erial.In the centre of Salins division progress was a little slower owing to the extraordinarily badnature of the ground. Here again, on a smallscale, the pincers principle was applied.Thiaumont work was surrovmded and Thiaumont farm reached almost at the samemoment, and by 2.45 Douaumont village wasagain French, and the troops were throwing uptheir defences beyond its north-eastern out-

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