ARMENTIERES SECTOR
'PREPARATIONS FOR RETREAT. 'LONDON, May 3. Messages from Amsterdam state that the Germans are busily withdrawing considerable troops beyond r,«ch, of the British artillery) in" Northern France. Meanwhile they"are making local attacks in northern sectors and meeting sanguinary defeats, their aim obviously being to" keep the British occupied before Armentieres while the necessary defences are prepared further in the rear. The general expectation is that the 'Germans will shortly further retreat before the heavy pressure of the British. Fresh ensmy troops have arrived in Flanders, and manoeuvring practice is continually in progress. Deserters in Holland state that there is a marked increase recently in suicides amongst the German troops.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 18 May 1917, Page 6
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