The British Campaign in France and Flanders—January to July, 1918
CHAPTER IX
THE BATTLE OF THE LYS
April 9-12
The Flanders front--Great German onslaught--Disaster of the Portuguese--Splendid stand at Givenchy of the Fifty-fifth Division--Hard fight of the Fortieth Division--Loss of the Lys--Desperate resistance of the Fiftieth Division--Thirty-fourth Division is drawn into the Battle--Attack in the north upon the Ninth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-fifth Divisions--British retreat--General survey of the situation