. The British campaign in France and Flanders, January to July 1918 . >o go ^r ^ 5 -^ 2 o fe. 217 218 ? THE BKITISH CAMPAIGN, 1918 Chapter cleared up by the 2nd Berkshires, aided by a company y^ of the Australian 58th The German tanks had done good work in the Front. attack, and some of the British tanks were veryApril 25. useful iu the counter-attacks, especially three whichoperated in the Bois dAquenne and broke down theobstinate German resistance in front of the Eighth, Division. Daylight on April 25 found the British andAustralian lines well up to the village on both sides
. The British campaign in France and Flanders, January to July 1918 . >o go ^r ^ 5 -^ 2 o fe. 217 218 ? THE BKITISH CAMPAIGN, 1918 Chapter cleared up by the 2nd Berkshires, aided by a company y^ of the Australian 58th The German tanks had done good work in the Front. attack, and some of the British tanks were veryApril 25. useful iu the counter-attacks, especially three whichoperated in the Bois dAquenne and broke down theobstinate German resistance in front of the Eighth, Division. Daylight on April 25 found the British andAustralian lines well up to the village on both sides, anda good deal of hard fighting, in which the troops gotconsiderably mixed, took place. One unusual incidentoccurred as two blindfolded Germans under a flagof truce appeared in the British line, and were broughtto Colonel Whitham of the 52nd Australian carried a note which ran: My CommandingOfficer has sent me to tell you that you are con-fronted by superior forces and surrounded on threesides. He desires to know whether you will surrenderand avoid loss of life. If you do nbritishcampaign00doyluoft
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