SUCCESSFUL SORTIES BY THE TROOPS
\ (Received February 20, 8.30 a.m.) \ ' LONDON, 19th February. Sir Douglas Haig reports : We successfully raided three sectors of the front. _ Irish troops entered the trenches south-east' of Epehy, arid brought back prisoners. The Canadians, io a. successful raid, captured five prisoners south of Lens. Lancashire, Border, and Yorkshire troops raided positions on a wide front in the southern portion of the Houthulst Forest, killing a large number and capturing twenty-seven prisoners and a machine gun; Our casualties were slight. ' . :
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 44, 20 February 1918, Page 7
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