Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-09-05 | Page 2 | German Line is Penetrated Again by Canadians

GERMAN LINE IS PENETRATED AGAIN BY CANADIANS CAN APT AN ARMY HEADQUARTERS IX EHANCE, Sopt. 4.-(Ry Canadian Press. Limited.) North of lens a most successful minor operation was carried out early this morning which resulted In the penet ration of tho enemy's !ln and com til un! ''a Lion trenches on a front of xhout t:0w yards. tUt establishing of a new outpost line well In advance of those formerly oiy uplel, and the killing and wnundint? of many of the enemy. A nuin-btrr nuin-btrr of prisoners Wf-rn tak-n helongin to the Second K'Kird reserve rt't,'l:iient. A result of tne operation, whifh was carried out hy men of tiie Manitoba and AHmrta hattallons with little los, la that In the rKlon north of Lens our outpost line has he en advanced some 2'J) yards nearer the city and is in a more favorable ! po.fi r Ion for observation. While this operation was in progress 1 anoliic-r party of our men advanced east-! east-! ward a i-in!derablo d juane alons the I enemy's commu nidation trenches on the j nori h of Ler.a. f feavy shelling hy our I artillery in the Lens nector has compelled the fie r mans to ab.i n ton hei r first line j defense ;ind ne shell lioles intea-i. Sov-I Sov-I ei fll explosions occurred in L-cna last I night and this morning.