THE GUNS OF THE ALLIES

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 41, 17 August 1917, Page 7

THE GUNS OF THE ALLIES

HNS A DEATH-TRAP

CANADIAN ADVANCE NORTH OF THE

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in lEiEGBAPH.--irNIT.ED PHEBS ASSOCIATION.—COMBIOHT.y

(ATJBTRAUAN-NEW MSALAND OABLB ASSOCIATION.)

PARIS, 16th Angus*M. Marcel Hntin writes: "The artillery of all ths Allies appears to lie striking in unison. Unfavourable weather in Flanders < hampers the a.viation ■work, preventing the British artillery from achieving ita maximum effort. LONDON, 15th August. The United Press correspondent states : "The Canadians stormed the enemy's positions near Hill 70 (two miles north of Lens), carrying everything with irresistible dash, and achieving their day's objectives in the first rush along one thousand yards of front to a depth of nearly a mile The Bois Ease, Cite St. Laurent, Cite St. Emilie, parts of Cite St. Elizabeth, the Bois Hugo, and a number of other important positions about Lens, passed into British possession. Several hundred prisoners have already been counted. Len3 is now a mere death trap for the Germans if they continue to hold it."