BRITISH ATTACK ON LILLE
L ENEMY'S LINE OF RETREAT THREATENED • rr- .. . X i (Rec. March 19, 1.2 a.m.) 1 London, March 18. ! "Truth" gives it as its opinion that 1 Field-Marshat Sir John French intends ; fighting his way to Lille. General ;Pul., • teney's army corps at l'Epinetto is • within six miles of the cciitro of Lille, 1 and if the movement continues, we may expect a sories of pitched battles,'in : which tlio Germans ' will • fight. at a strategical disadvantage. If they are defeated, they will lose their line of retreat down the Lys • Rivor. Aviators are seeking to pre vent reinforcements from Ghent, where the bulk of the German reserves are col lected.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2413, 19 March 1915, Page 5
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113BRITISH ATTACK ON LILLE Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2413, 19 March 1915, Page 5
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