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Article : 84 wordsMr. Percival Phillips, the special correspondent of the London "Daily Express," telegraphed on Thursday from the British front:—"Yesterday's German attack ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Sat 11 May 1918, Page 7
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