The official story of the attack on Tsingtao states that the siege artillery opened their bombardment on the Ist, when the infantry were entrenched. A second advance took place on the 4th our infantry and sappers being covered by our arti lery. At midnight on the 6th our sappers destroyed three lines of barbed wire defences and a position of vital importance was seized by 1.40 am. In the morning, with the British in the centre, a general advance was made and all the forts were captured by 7 a.m.
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