CLOSING ON LENS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17560, 17 August 1917, Page 5

CLOSING ON LENS.

BRILLIANT BRITISH ADVANCE. MACKENSEN STORMS IMPORTANT SERETH BRIDGEHEAD. ■ i TEXT OF PAPAL NOTE. i Ey Telegraph—Proas Association—Copyright. WESTERN FRONT. Canadian troops stormed positions north of Lens on a twomile front, reaching western defences of Cite St Auguste. Other important points were occupied. The British casualties were slight. Five counter-attacks were repulsed. An enemy attack near the Pilkem-Langemarck road was repulsed. The French repulsed a German attack in the Verdun region. EASTERN THEATRE. The Russo-Rumanian offensive opened successfully, heights being taken. The enemy claims the capture of an important bridgehead on the west bank of the Sereth and successes in the Putna Valley.