/ / 12 PAGES YEAR S4. WILD SCENES | OCCUR IN LENS { | | NO. 9% When Beaten Germans: Attempted to Save . Guns And Supplis. THE FRENCH COAL, CAPITAL /FIGHTING . } CAUSES FIERCIEST FOR ITS POSSESSION, err | The Recapture of Lens Will Cause a Theil Through all France--A\ Tremendous Feat of Arms for the ° British Troops. | WwW Headquar of Vimy Correspondents' pure Ar April 15 heen Tae ca ha followed swiftly t and far-reaching results forward Our pushed to-day | sh long and strag- suburb of Lens, clearing street r street of German machine gun and our; Lievin, a and rear-guard patrols have already penetrated into Lens CitseM, which is in} I'rance as_the capital apd centre of fields The re mine shafts posts, famous her northern 'mine taking of:'ihls city of and pits heads, electrical power sta- tions, and a great hive of mining ae where the population is 406,000 in rows of red brick cottages unger | s and moun- | tivity, some taing like people, who lived a forest of high chimney will cause a thrill] France, and will be one | tainous slag-heaps through all of the greatest achievements of the | war, a fremendous feat of arms for| the Britigsh troops \ , Battle in the Outskirts. I looked into the city to-day, . and I saw a body of our men work- a ing forward to get into the heart of it. They attacked a hill called Bois de Riamont, just south of the city, and with great cun- Ruy avd courage, encircled its lower slopes and made their way into a street of houses behind a line of threes which is the southern way in- to Lens. From the western side up through Lieven other troops were advancing cautiously. The enemy is still there in machine-gun redoubts, which will be wery troublesome toj our gallant men, but they are only! rear-guards, for the main body of} the enemy has already retreated. | When the Canadians swlpt over Vimy ridge, capturing thousands of prisoners, and when yesterday the! British and Canadian troops seized! Bajs-en-Hache, and "The Pimple," at the northern end of Vimy ridge, the enemy saw his last chance of a' | | | | down its silent and deserted streets, little wooded by, | tlefield counter-attack foiled, and was seized with fear, and! instant retreat in wild] Lens and Lievin had been attacked with his own guns. Bath towns had been fortified in a| most formidable way, and were strongholds of massed artillery It is certain the enemy had at least] 150 guns in that great network of mines and pitheads, but they were! all threatened by the advance down the northern slopes of Vimy, and-the Canadians were not likely to stay iMactive alter their great triumph "Filey were also threatened by the British advance from the Loos bat- by way of that great pair| k slag hills called the Double! famous in this war for} close, \Jong and bloody fighting, wheré since September, 1915, our| men have been only a few yards] away from the enemy. The German staff knew their great peril vester- day before. & successful at once he prepared for confusion. Wild Scenes in Lens, From prisoners we know wild | Te TO KINGSTON, ONTA RIO, TUESDAY. APRIL in Lens, frantic ef- to get away the scenes took place forts being made guns and stores, .to defend the lin of wetreat by blowing up roads carry out orders for complete des- truction' by mine -shafts, flooding the great mine galleries so that the French property of 'enormous value should not be left to France, and withdrawing great bodies of troops down the roads un- der fire of our long-range guns. Up to dawn yesterday the enemy in Lens hoped the British pursuit would be held back by' the German rearguards in Vimy and Petit Vimy villages, but the hope was flung from them when the Canadians swept down the ridge and chased the eae- my out of tiuose places on the lower slopes toward Douai. 40,000 Dentists Prepare, New York, April 16.--Forty thou- rand dentists, scattered throughout the country, are ready today to fiY the teeth of men who have been re- e 0 | fused admission to the army or navy because of such & defect. ye A firing charges down the! , HINDENBURG I NE A MYTH -- i That Was Painted to Hearten The German People? | London, April 16.--A 'number of | European military writers have taken the view that the Hindenburg line was a myth painted to hearten the German people. But - the British general staff for some time has | known that there is a definite Hin- { denburg line upon which the Ger- man staff was basing its defense and has known exactly where that line was drawn. | | If the British army can break through a vital or important sector, the next chapter my be a further extensive German retreat if, indeed the Germans are able to retreat in order with Field Marshal . Haig's |army pressing them as closely as it lis doifig how. Abcut the tire a man begins to | have good common sense old age {makes him childish and he can't use t. 1917 17. FINANCIAL NOTE Huge Steel Orders Under Way. New York, April 16.--About 200,- 000 tons of structural steel and 42,- 000 tons of armor plate are needed for work already begun for'the navy or about to begin. One steel man says the immediate -needs of the Government will command 20 per cent. of the ehtire production of the country. There will be, however, no shortage of munitions when the Un- ited States forces actually take the field against Germany. Bethlehem Steel Karnings. New York, April 16.--Earnfngs of the Beillehem Steel Corporation are running above the average of last year, notwithstanding that the com- pany is now working largely on de- mestic business. The Fourth Advance. New York, April 16.--According to Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the Un- ited States Steel Corporation, the ten per cent. advance in tye wages of the cf that an- The Daily British Whig | . PAGES 9-12 * . SECOND SECTION THE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA HEAD OFFICE TORONTO « Your surplus earnings in our Savings Department earn inter- £ST'D 1873 est at current rate. KINGSTON BRANCH, J. M. Sutherland, Manager. 236 Xx ~ ASK YOUR GROCER F OR - CHARM TEA IN PACKAGES. Black, Green and Mixed. Packed in King- ) ston, by GEO. 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