| Show ALLIES HOLDING GROUND GAINED I r Great reat Offensive Against Both Sides of Elbow Joint of German Positions on Western West- West if em ern Front Goes On Though the Advance Is Checked HEAVY HEAVY COUNTERATTACKS i I DEFEATED BY BRITISH Prisoners Captured in Rush Estimated at Over Public in England Warned to Expect Heavy Losses in Struggle But Just Begun 2 IN LINE I LONDON ONDON Sept 2 27 The Tho Tho great offensive offensive of- of of the French and British t. t forces against both sides of the tho elbow el ci cl- cl bow joint of or the German positions on on oR the western front has not slack- slack c but General t tb reported report no ne nc new outstanding n success ess ft- ft The Tho British official statement told briefly of heavy hen losses loses inflicted on tho the Germans Jerman northwest of Hulluch where heavy German Gennan counterattacks were out ont during during- tho tue course of tb the tho clay daJ ay maintains that h by means of or counterattacks o th tho allies aHles drives irIv havo have I be nen Q checked with JINn heavy losses loese bu but butk butA t A k the Germans make r xo no o claim of oC havig hayn hav- hav n ig recovered the thc ground taken horn from them tiem the tho Indications are tho the allied gaIns on Saturday and Sunday general general- Jy y have hare been maintained and at some omo Improved ani and that the tho fightIng fight fight- In Ing ng has reach reached d tho the tate Mate of or vicious atack attack attack at- at tack ack and counterattack which ma may persist per per- for tor weeks Over Prisoners It Il Is estimated that the prisoners captured b by th the allies during durl tho rUl rush h 1 will reach a n. total of or moro more than but ut this is 18 offset to some somo extent b by the German claims that nearly French and nd British fell into their hands Denied further news of the great bate batt bat- bat t e e. e ln England I n 1 Is awaiting developments with an eagerness not equaled equale 1 since the he critical days dars when the Germans fell feU ell back from the rates pates of ot Paris In Inho Inthe the tho ho meantime the tho public Is warned to expect heavy and that the Germans Ocr Ger mans already strong from the coast to the Swiss frontier ma may throw Into the line for tor a struggle 1 n tho ho like n oC of which n oven eyen this n u Difficult Tour Ahead Alsead Optimists also are arc reminded that the Germans arc are likely to put the tho most de- de on their second and third line Une Inc defenses relying upon machine guns juns which means that a difficult task tasks I s before tho allies Tho The fighting in the ens eastern tern theatre hat has as brought no Important change but England regards tho the position of or the tho Russian arms as Improving dally daily which strengthens the tho hope hero that Germany dare daro not weal weaken en her eastern castern front in order to fill till the raps gaps In tho west The Tho Bulgarian situation remains ob- ob cure seure resting as It did lid last week weel on tho ho oft repeated assurances of or Sofia that hat tho the country countr Intends merely to an armed neutrality German London Sept 27 V British official Communication made public tonight ays ays Northwest of Hulluch we have havo re repulsed re- re pulsed n. n l number of ot counterattacks and Inflicted heavy loss on the enemy Fast Kast alt altot Df ot IX JA Loos OB 08 our offensive Is progressing Our hOur captures now amt amount to C CS 13 3 officers of- of and 2800 2300 men and 18 guns and 33 32 machine guns The enemy abandoned a 3 considerable quantity of or material which ball hai ian not yet et been classified Declare Vulture Failure Berlin via In London 5 Sept t. t The S.-The The erlln erlin newspapers are devoting dc much SpaCe pace to the tho great t offensive e In the tho west The Tho tone of ot the comment Is lit one of ot satisfaction that the long lonh expected finally has haM be begun un and there Is h confidence regarding the out- out ome Tho rho Lol al reproduces tho the views held in official ial quarters where this M offensive e is regarded as having Jailed already alread It also Is pointed out officially that tho necessary reserves have ha been Continued d on Page 3 3 ALLIES HOLDING GROUND GAINED O- O Offensive Attacks Continue on We West t Front Though Advance Advance Advance Ad Ad- vance I Is s Chec Checked ed Continued from Page Pago 1 1 broll brought ht up In time at tt the threatened cl points and that there thero 1 I is no o prospect of oC tho ho t French Anglo breaking tho the GermAn German Ger Oer- man lines It Is Rd added d that the French and British British Brit Brit- ish Ih suffered hea heavy losses and that not the slightest ground for tor anxiety exists Regarding further developments e German officials expect the tho attacks s will Ill continue to be violent In character for several se days as but thc they declare the tIle ultimate purpose of breaking the tho G German German Ger Ger- r- r man lines lIne already Alread can be bo sot set down asan as asan asan an Impossibility Still righting Fighting in n Champagne Paris Sept 27 n. 27 The French official statement made public tonight says sa-s that situation to tho north of or Arras remains unmodified and that the fighting fight fight- fighting ing Ing- IngIn In the Champagne continues continue PI The Tho statement adds that the tho Germans German i I today began another offensive e move move- I movement move move- m ment nt In the Argonne but that It was as completely checked and that the German German German Ger Ger- I man losses leases w were re heaThe hea heavy The number of ot cannon captured from the enemy nem It Js Is said exceeds 70 field guns uns and heavy hen pieces of or which 2 23 were captured by tho the British army Aviator Amsterdam Sept 27 Airmen 27 Airmen of or the entente allies have again bombarded Bru Bruges Belgium The sudden cessation of or the flow low of or gas at nt Sluts In Zealand on tho the Belgian frontier which Is le supplied supplied supplied sup sup- I plied from Bruges Druge leads to the tho suspicion suspicion sus sus- hero that bombs from Crom the aircraft aircraft air air- craft struck the gas works A mess message Ee received recel later hater from Bruges confirmed tho the belief bellet that the gas as works had been struck b by the bombs of or the allied airmen The whole elt city has been thrown Into darkness tho the dispatch said Germans German Surrender r Readily London Sept 28 28 3 5 a n. m m. The m-The The first consignment nt of or wounded from tho the latest latet battle battlo In the western front reached London at midnight It really be began an on Friday Frida with a hea heavy artillery action tho the Dan Dally Daily Mall quotes one of oC the wounded officers a as saying aying Saturday morning morning under a hurricane of shrapnel the Infantry leaped heaped out with short sharp rushes The German trenches were at nt a distance of or 00 yards Thero w was s some somo fine work fork with the th bayonet and hundreds of oC prisoners r gave a 1 themselves s up up with apparent eagerness Tho w willingness to bo be captured was the most mOM surprising surprising- thing of oC the whole business Many Ian of ot them were old men who seemed crushed and exhausted What hat are arc wo we to make asks tho the Telegraph of oC of the astounding fact that so 80 man many thousands ds of or unwounded Germans German were captured to say nothing of oC tho the wounded not yet et enumerated enumerate and of ot the capture of oC unwounded officers In Champagne alone It Is plain on the face ace of or the mca meager er bod body of or facts yet yot et published that something er very remarkable and certainly without without without with with- out precedent In this war took place in tho the attack on the Champagne Champane front If IC not elsewhere |
