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bear this out in their reports of Flanders from day to day.Rumour has it that the bosch has been heavily shelling Armentiers with gas shells & there have been some hundreds of casualties among the civilians
Wednesday500 Civilians were taken to the hospital as a result of the gas attacks in Armentiers one pathetic case was that of a mother suffering from gas effect who gave birth to a child in the Ambulance on the way to hospitalThe new offensive in Belgium has begun, our troops operating with the French on their left went over the top this morning & occupied all their objectives taking about 5,000 prisoners the front was about 15 miles long, the depth is not great but heavy & continuous
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