CAPTURE OF ABLAIN.
A VERY .STRONG POSITION
LONDON, May 31. With the capture of Ablain, the Germans lose what was considered the moat strongly defended position after Notre Dame de Lorette. Ablain had 2000 defenders "with 100 machine-guns, many of which were destroyed by high explosive shells. The Germans had I connected the houses by underground ways, in which they sheltered during the French bombardments, emerging with their Maxims to meet the French bayonet charges. The French, therefore, had to blow up the houses one by one, and not leave a wall standing, so as ;to prevent' ambuscades.. The, Germans,!,-Jiave- converted* numerous factories and colliery works westward of Lens into veritable blockhouses. ]
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 9155, 1 June 1915, Page 5
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