As a village Ovillers was wiped out of existence by the fury of our bombardment, but the enemy had burrowed underground with the industry of the mole, and converted the place into a strongly fortified defensive work, bristling with machine-guns. "The fighting for Ovillers has been hard, bloody, and close," writes Mr. Philip Gibbs. "Many of our men have died to gain a yard of two of earthwork." After a week's struggle, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The World's News (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 1955), Sat 30 Sep 1916, Page 16
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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