– drizzly rain, not much
Heavy firing around Lens & Lille.
Capt. H M. Wallis goes on special leave to England (Manchester). He can get his but not I. Again, an officers war.
Wednesday 28 February 1917
Our troops have taken Puisieux, Gommicourt, Lignes & La Barque.
The Cunarder Laconia is submarined.
Heavy bombardment during the night around Lens.
*The 18,000-tonne Royal Mail Ship Laconia was attacked with the loss of 13 passengers, including three Americans, en route from New York to Liverpool on 25 February 1917. A graphic account of the sinking by an American journalist aboard was credited with helping to push the United States into joining the conflict after it was read to both Houses of Congress.
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