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The Hindenburg line, on which the Ger- mans were relying when they fell back from the Somme, was pierced within a week, leaving them in the awkward posi- tion of having to form a new defensive line without adequate preparation. The bombardment of the German posi- tions during the four days preceding the opening of the offensive on April 9 was as intense and as sustained as the artil- lery fire before and during the other great. Battles on the western front. Eye- witnesses even declare that it has been more concentrated and destructive than at the Somme and Verdun. The British guns were very numerous, of great cali- bre, and supplied with such vast quanti- ties of ammunition that their curtains of fire were terrible realties. prev next |