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... Retreat During the past week further reports have come to hand of the safe arrival of local lads to our shores from the Flanders evacuation. Among these were A.A. Driver J. H. Kitchen, son of Mrs. F. Kitchen, Burrowgate, Penrith, who was called to the colours ...
... Harker. Essex House, Etlen Park, Lancaster. who has many friends in Penrith and district, was reported miming after the evacuation of Flanders via Dunkirk towards th, end of May and is now believed in be a prisoner of war. Gunner Barker *sad the Lancaster battery ...
... apparently were intended for the station. reached the town of Fumes. The German troops appear to a large extent to have evacuated the left hank. Trenches situated between 600 and 800 yards from our Allies were found to be empty. The communiqw , states ...
... artillery duel in Flanders, according to the Berlin reports, rose again to very great intensity during Thursday evening, and was continued to, day. In the course of the night there was • *harp fight at the southern end of the Flanders line, when British ...
... Around EMIII/ea and northward to Steer/muck, the Germans, who hot the Lys, attacked in great strength and gained some We evacuated Arieestarve on Wednesry7tthe crime being saturated with gas, and retired westward. North of Amenities there was • fierce ...
... are noted in the men's pay-books. A story of the barbarity displayed towards the people was told by a woman who had been evacuated from Violainea, a village near La Bessie. The place was being bombarded on Dec. 21 by our artillery, whereupon a large number ...
... A STRONG BRITISH ADVANCE. liw result of the attn. k opened by the British in Flanders on Monday afternoon was a sub. istsiitial gain of ground. though this was not attained without hard fighting. The advance was made on both sides of the road leading ...
... progress south of the Somme, as the result of which we lost Roye. The enem y was checked, however. wen of Roye and of Noyon evacuated be the French daring Monday night. Roye is 25 miles south-east of Amiens and twelve miles north-west of Noyon. Noyon is situated ...
... Penrith Casualty in Dunkirk Evacuation A PeMidi 1114411 is lying in a south-country hospital su ff ering from badly burned face amj hands sustained after a narrow escape from death when the ship on which he way being evacuated with other members of the ...
... lines of defence in Belgium, when a resolute offensive offered by the Allies both on land and sea obliges them to evacuate West Flanders, says that the first serious defence is ex,- pected to take the line of the canal from Sas van Gent, on the Dutch ...
... starts immediately. (Great laughter.) When one hears of such a guarantee, CUMmellted General Botha, one remembers pour Flanders. In a striking passage General Botha said that if there was use reason move than another why the Union slicold retyin the ...
... to the attack having been made by black troops. To excuse the reroute. it now stated that the positions en the Canal were evacuated become Germany had only tweak forces there, and they were subjected to a heavy bombardment. Paris reported yestareiev that ...