LIEVIN WRESTED FROM GERMANS
Lens Entered by British Troops
Australian and N Z Cable Assoc Rec April 16, 8 55 am
Londoß, April 15 The fall of Ancres is implied in the outflanking of Lievin, which is now ciptured.
j The Daily Chronicle's correspondent at headquarters telegraphing says: At 4 o'clock on Sunday morning the British patrols entered Lens. The enemy left rearguards in the redoubts and made frantic efforts to remove the guns, numbering 150, in a network of mines and pitheads. At Lees and Lievin the roads were blown up, and orders were givon to destroy the mines by firing charges into the pits and flooding the latter.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BOPT19170416.2.11.1.7
Bibliographic details
Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLV, Issue 6853, 16 April 1917, Page 3
Word Count
110LIEVIN WRESTED FROM GERMANS Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLV, Issue 6853, 16 April 1917, Page 3
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.