HARD FIGHTING IN THE VICINITY OF LENS.
BRITISH ADVANCED POSTS RETIRE SLIGHTLY Australian and N.Z Cable- and Renter. (Received 1 a.m.) LONDON July •> A report from Sir Douglas Haig states: As the result of hard fighting west of Lens last night and to-day, our advanced posts were driven back a short distance.
Australian and N.Z. Cable. (Received 7 p.m.) LONDON July 3 An earlier report from Sir Douglas Haig stated: We made a success-' fid raid east of Hargicourt, north-west of St. Quentin. Enemy raiders reached our trenches eastward of Loos, but were driven out.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16582, 4 July 1917, Page 7
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