BRITISH ATTACKING THE THIRD GERMAN LINE.
TWO LINES OF EXCEPTIONAL STRENGTH CAPTURED.
SEVERE FIGHTING CONTINUES ROUND LENS.
OVER THREE THOUSAND PRISONERS TAKEN.
tßeceived September 29. 9.10 p.m.)
London, September 29.
Sir John French has sent the following report:—" Severe fighting continues round Lens, also northward. We now hold all the ground north of Hill "TO" which the enemy retook on Sunday. We made further'progress south of Loos, and captured another gun, bringing the total to 21. Several more between us and the enemy have been abandoned. The prisoners exceed 3000. Forty machine-guns have been captured, and many more destroyed.
" The lines captured were exceptionally strong, consisting of a double front line, including two large works named the Hohenzollern and Kaiser Wilhelm redoubts, with a network of trenches and bombproof shelters hundreds of yards in extent. The second line ran just west of Loos. We are now closely engaged with the third line.
" Our aeroplanes bombed the railway near Bapaume, 14 miles south-east of Arras, wrecking a train, and damaged the railway near Acheite Grand."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16036, 30 September 1915, Page 7
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