EXTENSION OF BRITISH OPERATIONS

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 90, 16 April 1917, Page 7

EXTENSION OF BRITISH OPERATIONS

TROOPS CLOSE TO ST. QUENTIN HUGE CAPTURE OF GUNS « ENEMY'S RESISTANCE INCREASING

(BI TELEGRAPH.—UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.-^COrCBIGHT.) (REUTERS TELEGRAM.)' . *' I LONDON, 14th April. :, ' There are indications that the German retreat is extending. Firts have been observed at Lens. , -■ , ■ .„„' „ ,_ ' , .. ■ , ■ - 1 ' LONDON, 15th April. I. '(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.), The British have entered Lens. ... (Received April 16, 8.30 a.m.) LONDpN, 15th April. The fall of Angres was, implied by the outflanking of Lievin, wnich haa now been captured. .' '. ■ . ' '. • The Daily Chronicle correspondent at Headquarters, telegraphing at four o'clock on Sunday morning, said that British patrols had entered Lens., The enemy left rearguards in the redoubts, who made frantic efforts, to remove the guns, numbering 155. There is a network of mines and pitheads at Lens and Lievin. The roads were blown up, and orders given to destroy the mines by firing charges into the pits and flooding them. (Received April 16, 8.30 a.m.) ' . , NEW YORK, 15th April. It is stated that Britain is uaing 22-inch guns, which are effective at twenty-five miles' range. ( . » _ _ \ A newspaper states that a curtain of chain-mail has been invented, to hang from the steel helmet, to protect the soldier's face. Some have already been issued to the troops. • | '