The British Campaign in France and Flanders—January to July, 1918

CHAPTER X

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THE BATTLE OF THE LYS

April 13 to May 8

Desperate situation--Sir Douglas Haig's "Win or Die" message--Epic of the 4th Guards Brigade at Hazebrouck--Arrival of First Australian Division--Splendid services of Thirty-third Division--Loss of Armentières, Bailleul, and Neuve Eglise--The First Division at Givenchy--Fall of Kemmel--Battle of Ridge Wood--Great loss of ground--Equilibrium