| Show Bri Britons ons Advance All AU Along Wide ide Front n fir I I With the British Arm Army In France Aug u 20 It O.-It It Is reported lint t on the northern side of oC the L. L Lys salient s has been evacuated by lIy th the G Germans and that hat the British are aro either enterIng entering enter enter- Ing Ins the tho town lown or may soon occupy It Lon Lon-atte and St. Mein southwest southwest southwest south south- west of or BUllecourt are reported to ha have been captured today b by the British Brit Brit- ish ishAll All AJI the country south an and west of or the lie river ricer now nov novIs Is free froe of oC the enemy The fighting British armies a again aln smashed their W wry forward loda today all along the line There has bc been beener n er very heavy fighting j almost everywhere e be between be- be tn tween eem the Somme and river rivers mind under the force tore of repeated d blows v delivered with precision tho thi foe has hns been forced to abandon many man more town positions and anel large larre strips of or ground e JIA Beaty lo Losses p inflicted Once more the Germans have havI suffered suf sur terrible losses The rhe British have freed tred all the lie country south and aud westor west nest of or the lie Somme the last G Germans being driven en behind the river rheT this hits morning Even en there time the cn enemy m I Is not finding rest for 01 the lie British have o crossed the stream at least at t one place south of L La C letle l I I I I rom From southward first the British cannon cannon an and then the lie French guns ar are hurling projectiles big bin bigand andI and little on th the other ride fide Ide of ot the river rl Just JUtt north of or the Somme after aftel it turns west welt the British liars hiv captured Clery Cler and ar are aro pressing toward Peronne I The Germans have havu been trying ever I since ince tho the fall tall of ot Bapaume to hold hoM the theline theline line running alon along the road between that town lown and Peronne British patrols patrols pa pa- have i cached Le Transloy directly direct direct- 1 ly on aft the lie road rond and anel It Is reported that thal Te Tc Transloy has fallen tallen and that a fierce battle Is raging al along th the whole len length th of or the road Hard fighting Is going on around which IR is astride o the road between and anel Bapaume The Germans hold the lie major portion o of this village e for 01 the moment but hut they seem destined to be thrown out A struggle Is ls In progress at Mortal Morval southwest of or re Le Transloy The th fightIng fighting fight fight- Ing Int appears appear to have reached a hand to han hand character r and tho the Germans arc are ald said to 10 have o suffered suCCored train from British bayonets Oth Other r towns town In iii this Im- Im Im Immediate ledl mediate te neighborhood i hb fell this morn- morn tim me int or or during last night From FIORI lima his locality the line of ot battle swings s w wide J around Bapaume and j jih I ih I theme MC C Has lias b been en more inure h heavy a fighting r I here ca cast t of oC Bapaume BaIJ fell t tafter J at after I. I being stunned stormed storme Astride stride the road to tromP from P Peronne ronne th the British crashed Into th the I d Germans rand smothered their resistance resistance resist resist- 1 ance some times time again at the point orthe of or the bayonet seems to have havo I been tak taken n and tho the British have ha driven on eastward North of oC here Vaulx- Vaulx which contained a large larse enemy enemy en en- em emy garrison that offered the tho strongest strong strong- est resistance r with machine guns buns a apparently ap ap- has fallen In It Its entirety to the time British St St. court St. and a Lon- Lon gatto atte In It its suburbs n again Is reported to have e been captured by the thc British tiers Hure th the th Germans delivered a n power power- t ful dl l count counterattack and the British power power-I with with- drew The artillery was turned Into tho the trap and after It had finished the I British moved mo h hack brck ck a again aln and mopped up what remained of or tho the Germans British llotd Bullecourt I 10 is well In British hands handl an nil apparently also aleo Is Rica Rica- court and Cagnicourt The Tho British have reached a 0 point only a n. few hundred I yards from Crom the Drocourt switch line which Is apparently garrisoned with e cr every man the G German high hiSh command command command com com- mand has been able to In lay hands en on They are being harassed b by heavy fire tire from Crom the tho British cannon which throughout this zone of or the tho battle are thundering awa away as hard as their gunners gunners gunners gun gun- ners can force them thorn From hero here northward across s the tho Ar- Ar ras road and along the River RI the British are pushing forward gaining moro more ground straightening their line and drawing ln generally closer to the tho Drocourt defenses of the I enem enemy Counterattacks Counterattack have ha been launched on various parts of ot the this battle front but none of ot them seems to have hn gained anything for the enemy A majority of or them have hao been completely broken b up b by the hall ball of ot bullets front from rom machine I guns and rifles before beCore the enemy reached the British positions position In the north there lucre apparently Is lively live live- ly hy activity at several places place The British British Brit Brit- ish are r reported to have havo mn made e considerable considerable considerable consid consid- erable advances advance t tf e A report has Just been bean received that Bailleul southwest e t tot of ot Ypres in is being being- shelt shelled d b by the enem enemy If Jt this Is correct It Indicates that the Germans have havo withdrawn n altogether from Crom that Important town and that the time British either are entering BallIeul or orwill orwill orwill will do so later |
