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New Zealanders Celebrate Somme Valor In Bold Advance
Sir Douglas Haig's message lauds the 93 day Somme service of New Zealanders. The report details Auckland and Otago battalions breaching German lines at Switch Trench near High Wood, with heavy bombardment, high casualties, and numerous acts of gallantry by officers and men amid the Goosse Alley and Drep Alley fighting near Flers.
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France
New
Somme
Douglas Haig
Fiers
High Wood
Flers
Gueudecourt
Les Beeufs
New Zealand
Auckland
Otago
Otagos Maintrod
Orizos
Mnercy
Ley
Switch Trench
Canterburys
Goose Alley
Drep Alley
Gallipoli
C.O
Leutenant
Otagos
Otero
Aucklands
Armentieres
Canterbury
N.c.o
Legion of Frontiersmen
South Africa
Sivine
Stronieus Dudrting