At 6 o'clock in the morning British
guns opened a tremendous barrage
fire and two minutes later men from
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and
western and eastern Ontario were out
com
Passchendaele should
of their shell holes and temporary
mud wall trenches in an advance
7:30 o'clock had carried
which by
them beyond their objectives. It was
an artillery and machine gun battle.
For an hour and a half guns of the
allies were never silent.
How Battle is Won
Protected by splendid barrage the
infantry moved slowly forward while
the counter-batteries dominated the
enemy's guns apd swept his assem
bled artillery positions with their fire.
Canadian troops on the right, plung
ing toward Passchendaele, have ad
vanced well beyond the ruined village,
over-coming the fortified enemy shell
holes and concrete strong points in ad
vance and capturing numerous ma
chine gun positions which threatend
from
road to the village Itself.
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the Pasa«hendaele-Zonnebeke.
