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Herissart 21/7/17
The British have had a reverse at Lombartzyde, the germans recapturing a little lost territory. This attack was sudden and cost
us many men besides a good position. There were several reasons for this attack by the enemy. First he wished to upset our plan of attack in that area, second he wanted information, third something had to be done to attract the attention of the people from political affairs, and only a victory could do that, besides raising the morale of the troops, which had suffered severely in the Arras and Messines fighting. The Russians are still pressing on and the British forces in
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