The British Campaign in France and Flanders, 1917

CHAPTER I

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THE GERMAN RETREAT UPON THE ARRAS-SOISSONS FRONT

Hindenburg's retreat--The advance of the Fifth and Fourth Armies--Capture of Bapaume and Peronne--Atrocious devastation by the Germans--Capture of guns at Selency--Definition of the Hindenburg Line--General survey