GERMAN FEARS FOR THE FALL OF LENS

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 48, 25 August 1917, Page 7

GERMAN FEARS FOR THE FALL OF LENS

(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received August 25, 9.10 a.m.) i PARIS, 24th August. The Petit Parisien's. correspondent states that the Germans have been ordered to hold Lens at all costs, and new troops are arriving. The German Headquarters fear that the f;vil of the town will -weaken the morale of the armies, but its fall is inevitable. MANY TANKS DESTROYED (AUSTRALIAN -NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION AND REUTEB.) LONDON, 23rd August. Admiralty, per Wireless Press.—A German report states : Repeated Eng-, lish attacks between Langemarck and Ilollebeke were driven back after stubborn hand-to-hand fighting. Many tanks have been destroyed. We maintained our position on a front of nine miles except at two places eastward of St. Julien and the Ypres-Menin road.. We repulsed attacks at Lens. The fighting continues. QUIET DAY ON THE FRENCH LINES LONDON, 24th August. A French communique states : The day has been generally quiet, with mutual artillery activity on both sides of the Meuse. J " LONDON, 23rd August. A German official message states : The French, in attacks at Verdun, gained a foothold in our trench. ENEMY GAS-SHELL DUMP BLOWN UP (Received August 25, 11 a.m.) PARIS, 24th August. A French shell on the Verdun front blew up a German gas shell dunp, asphyxiating three batteries.