. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. orm Hill 70,the chief defense of Lens. New Zealanders Take Bapaume. Bapaume was captured by New^ Zealanders, Pe-ronne by Australians, Chaulnes by Canadians, Royeand Lassigny by the French and the German lineof defense in the west crumbled. All these townswere important railroad centers and points of con-centration and supply to the enemy. Four timesthey changed hands during the war, first in theGerman sweep towards Paris in 1914, secondlywhen the Allies forced the Hindenburg retreat in1917, a third time when the German offensive of
. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. orm Hill 70,the chief defense of Lens. New Zealanders Take Bapaume. Bapaume was captured by New^ Zealanders, Pe-ronne by Australians, Chaulnes by Canadians, Royeand Lassigny by the French and the German lineof defense in the west crumbled. All these townswere important railroad centers and points of con-centration and supply to the enemy. Four timesthey changed hands during the war, first in theGerman sweep towards Paris in 1914, secondlywhen the Allies forced the Hindenburg retreat in1917, a third time when the German offensive ofMarch 21, 1918, threatened to spht the AUied ar-mies in two, and lastly when the Allies took themin the fall of 1918. After the loss of Roye the German retreat con-tinued apace to the center of the Hindenburg line,the next stopping place. So rapid was the Alliedadvance that 50 villages were liberated in two days,but they were only the shadows of towns. In everyone the enemy had wreaked his spiteful wrath uponthe homes of the poor and the rich alike with fire.
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