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On Tuesday the Canadians resumed the Second Battle of Loos.

For days past they had withstood terrific counter-attacks without flinching. They moved forward on Tuesday morning just as the Prussian Guards were beginning a fresh effort, caught them in the open, and with bayonet and bomb thrust them back to and across their trenches, to the north-western edge of Lens itself. Since then the Canadians have slowly and steadily pushed maw, on three sides of the doomed town. In the week ending with Wednes- day they took 1,378 prisoners.

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