Show I TODA TODAY'S YS Y'S ANNIVERSARY On Apr April 15 1917 at between 4 and 5 In the morning the first BritIsh British Brit Brit- ish troops entered Lens their then ob ob- ob The offensive offense e began April 0 D along a front of ot 45 miles having fo for its immediate objective Lens at on one end and SI St. St Quentin at the other othe This is the struggle which has be become become become be- be come known as s the battle of or Arras Arms although at the end of or seven days day days days' fighting the scene cene shifted consIderably considerably consider consIder- ably to the east of or the city which ha has given its name to the battle baltIe The occupation of ot Lens marked th the recovery recovery- for France of of or the country's country's country's coun coun- try's most valuable coal fields A Athe At Atthe Atthe the other end of the 45 miles mUes th the British had practically won their thel way into the suburbs of ot St. St Quentin Quen Quen- Un tin with the Germans making milking a stubborn last stand in the tile city it it- it self |