SEIZING THE RAILWAY LINES.
MAIN OBJECT OF THE ALLIES' ATTACK. f IMPORTANT STRATEGIC NEAR LENS TAXEK. LONDON', September 28. It i, M »ifeU that the prime objective of the Allies b the railway conjunctions. Lens and La Bassec are a secondary nucleus of a network_ of »il«» on.v second in importance to Lille, and vifall to the sccunty of tba centre. Hill 70 dominate. Lens, in add.t.on to a Urgetract ■ of coantry eastward, resembling East Lancashire, and covered with an utruate Champagne battle, were fought in abominab.e weather conditions for attack, there being a deluge of rain The Pri. correspondent of the -London Da.ly Mail" says cused the l.vcl.e.t satisfaction. Among the '^^.f OUU^ of 1 l:. lm porunt .as mU "70, a and north. dominates the road from Lens to La Baseee sx w j t* «a., ,ea, bu Sl ness, and ne« The "London Times," i. a The conclusion is wm be received by the nat.on mth the and w hea vily Wter, the offence W« we,l tin,ed and tends to postpone the movement against the Allies in G^' 1 ' durj a raging rainstorm, The attack in the Champagne region °« ,urre » d thcß v to th e mako, the da,h of the French the more enemy's pun positions before the en«raj na German ■ remarkable. The advance waa co quick tn«i ..-tured by minor siege. .leld out for come time.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 232, 29 September 1915, Page 5
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