IRRESISTIBLE DASH AT LENS
CANADIANS AGAINST RESTED TROOPS
LONDON, 16th August.
The Petit Parisien's correspondent, describing the capture of Hill 70, writes : "Driven back by bayonets and grenades, the Boches scattered among the miners' dwellings, mine shafts, and cellars, the openings of wliich bristled with machine guns. The Canadians' dash was irresistible.. In half an hour three groups of dwellings had. been stormed, and those'who 1 were not killed fled. Another village, where machine guns wei-e massed, was the scene of fierce fighting. The enemy launched a series of powerful counter-attacks. The Canadians' success was the more meritorious because they attacked the enemy's newly arrived and rested troops. The Germans are forced to realise that' the British are now strong enough to attack wherever, jvhenever, and however ttiey wish."
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 42, 18 August 1917, Page 7
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