Show 1 BRITISH TROOPS FIGHTING WITH HIGH ELAN Everywhere E hei a Enthusiasm I Is s Wonderful and Courage I I 10 Splendid r tI r It m ifs Ur Ly r 1 It With nith Hh the British Armies Aug 24 Not ot sinco since the tho first expeditionary forces 6 landed landed In France have conditions been more encouraging and prospects brighter than the they are arc at present thanks to the the- successes of or General Byng's Third arm army and General Ra Rawlinson's Raw Raw- w- w linson's Fourth arm army beginning with I tho the laUer's latter's push on August S S. S Since that da day the tine British have ha been nibbling biting and chopping chunk ner chunk out of ot the enemy's line Thc They have ha Jolted the German under the belt and poked poled him between n the eyes ees The They have hn outwitted and surprised surprised sur sur- the badly muddied muddled mud mud- him until now died Iu apparently Is at mUll mUll-I a I loss ns as to what to doThe do The British operations have h radu- radu I nth d both hoth In Wale and arld In- In ln-i ln until today the decisive gains promise far tar results along the thirty mile front of or attack k The operations op- op of ot the last two too weeks were the result of of careful study stud b by the cornI commanders com com- I manders and of ot the superb gallantry of or all nil rank ranks which has stimulated the entire British arm army creating the spirit known in military parlance as tails up up which Is In contrast with the term wind up as ns applied to the Germans Gert Ger- Ger t mans meaning that the tho enem enemy is baffled bat bat- fled tIed and discouraged Tails TaUs up means that the tho British are arc confident and eager e I to keep leep up hammering the foe 4 t t Morale In Ii It Wonderful r Officers returning from leave leavo report that the folks at home homo are rejoicing but they add It Is Impossible to be happier happier hap hap- of pier and more hopeful than arc are ther the themen m men n on the tho front r- r e This August marks the dawn daw n of oC anew a n new era for the tho British army The rhe British have an enormous equipment The troops wear first class shoes and uniforms and their food Is excellent They Thc have o plenty plent of or training schools The efficiency and enterprise of at the Auxiliary departments such as aviation avla- avla 1 i tion tanks tank and armored cars and and the skillful manner in which the machines 7 are arc used stir all nil observers to the tho highest high high- est admiration The Belgians are still doing their bit bit and are ale doing it t well The They ma may maybe be be fully tully trusted to guard the route to the the sea Although rep repeatedly cut to ribbons t the Canadian and Australian units are arc oAHu maintaining units at aL standard strength The Canadians have hae always plenty plent of at reserves reser to Ii draw on The Australians are aro send send- Ing ng recruits continuously The New 1 Zealanders are aro clean Intelligent v and brave The Canadians and Australians Aus Aus- are gluttons for fighting rhey Invariably push beyond their ob- ob v i t e The They are fond of ot the Americans American because because be- be 1 1 cause of ot the Yank Yankees Yankees' dash clash an and cour- cour Rare age ge The They were pals from the start s I I 1 Yankee e I Keen n. n I 4 No Americans are aro engaged In the thc f e present battles on the British front t save ove aviators working with British J b fliers The Yankee birdmen are arc mak- mak Ong ng a splendid Showing There are aro also abo man many American medical officers helping in the field hospitals f r In In Inthe the more more Quiet sectors to the north 4 north American patrols patr are figuring in the fray tray Free cent minor air raids r are made for the purpose of ot wiping out but ut German snipers snipers' nests and and and for tor identifying the enemy units v Though generally l less ss is said of at the English troops the they arc are doing doln- the tha lions lion's share and doln doing It with charac charac- characteristic reserve and bra bravery er carrying some of ot the hardest objectives In the past week The patriotism of ot the straight En English lIsh soldiers was displayed b by a chaplain who in his t felt lt hat went with the first wave nave yesterday morning also b by an English law lawyer er fifty odd years ears old father tather of or several era gro grown n children who dyed his beard and hair BO so as to appear younger and acceptable for tor service In the trenches |