French Gunners Fight Until Their Last Shot, Then Blow Up Pieces

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Local News, 21 Apr 1916, p. 3
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Dispatch from Paris. How the French field artillery, and in particular the batteries of the family "75s" were handled during the opening phases of the Verdun battle is detailed in a letter to the "Figaro" by an officer who was in the fighting. French gunners save their last shell to disable their gun when Germans are upon them and delay means death or capture. One here with his "90" for forty-eight hours and then loses his life.

Date of Publication
21 Apr 1916
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France
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Wilmette.News.291714
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English
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