BRITISH PRESSURE MAINTAINED

Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 154, 2 July 1917, Page 4

BRITISH PRESSURE MAINTAINED

SUBSTANTIAL GAINS

ENEMY RETIREMENT ON BELGIAN COABT

GERMAN ATTACKS AGAINST THE FRENCH

HARD FIGHTING IN TWO SECTORS

RUSSIA S COMING OFFENSIVE

STRIKING SPEECHES BY MR LLOYD

GEORGE

GREECE AND THE CENTRAL POWERS

WESTERN POSSIBILITIES.

CIVILIANS,QUARTERED NEAR

ZEEBRUGOE

ENTIRE REGION A FORTRESS;

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Australian and N.Z; Cable Association

AMSTERDAM, Jui_e 29

The. Telegraaf states that the Germans compelled five hundred Belgian civilians to remain within half a mile of the harbor of Zeebrugge, presumably in ; the hope of their presence having a deterrent effect on the British naval acti"ity.

The entire region' is a' great fortress. Marines and infantry are quartered on the dunes, and an enormous mass of artillery has been concentrated. '-.'