Show BRITISH GAIN CAIN OLD POSITIONS OF LAST MARCH Determined Attacks Win Vin Heights Abo Above Hun Def Defense De De- f Line I Jl Dr A l Press With the time Dl British Arm Army in III France Sept IS Thc The British troops mado a n. powerful attack a against tho the German lines lIne to the tho west and northwest of ot St St. Quentin today and most Important results re re- re- re suits were were- achieved A dee heel deep advance Int into enemy territory strengthened the tho already alread powerful grip tho ho British have on St. St Quentin one ono of or the most strongly strong forti fortified tied parts 11 of oC the tue burg buro line To the south tho the opera co-opera operated co-operated tell tellIn In what Is Js likely to prove pro an operation of or vast ast portent with respect to the tho Hinden hun llin- den denburg burg burg- burgdof dof defensive position The zone Involved In In the tho British movement lay roughly between het Hol Hol- non norm on the south anti and Gom Gouzeaucourt Within a n. few Cew hours Le Le-Guerard Ronssoy and VII VII- l leret ret were behind the advanced British forces and bitter fighting was in pro progress progress ress at nt man many other points In the lie forWard forward for for- ward zone Moro More than prisoners have already been sent balck bak to the lie I cages cakes The fhe advance anco thus far recorded recorded recorded-In in some places more moro than two miles miles- means that the tho British at numerous points gained the thc crest of oC tho tIme ridge along alono which their old rent front lino line ran prior to the German Gernian offensive o In March Marchand Marchand and from Crom their n nw w positions wore were looking down on tho the lino In tho the valley to the east cast That hard fighting would bo ho encountered tred In this thin sector rector was waR a a. foregone con con- elusion Th main nm opposition came from Crom machine guns unA and artillery The o which th ti Germans sent over O in reply to th the British bombardment horn bom bar ment was much more rl o than the enem enemy nail nad been able to provide Inthe in th the re recent ent righting and antI as an an additional additional addi addi- l new feature th the Germans maintained main main- tamed a hf heavy a harra barrage o over O the tho hack hacic areas with high velocity guns which ho he hall hail concentrated for the purpose Tho The nh of tho the hack hade areas tI S durin during an attack H Is to be bp- rt but hut a n. barrage barrage bar bar- rage raJO has seldom be before Core been attempted and then lien without great greut success oc l I Enger 10 lo The Tho German Infantry surrendered Quito frequently In pla places place II In fact In the center of ur the attack whore where the Australians wore were work working In a considerable consider consider- abl able number of If gray ra coats deliberate dp I ly lv charged through h the the- British barrage to give 1 themselves up Today's operation cannot bo be considered consid consid- eyed ered as a n major operation as compared with recent battle The objectives sought however were Important both from rom the he defensive and offensive standpoInts stand stand- no points I n ta The assault h began an ant at t dawn rain began to fall about 2 o 0 clock cloak and amid when the British went over O tho the top the ground round was already slim slimy and hard to negotiate especially when the ridges were reached leached an and the men had to charge up them Tanks accompanied accompanied panted the tho troops and rendered Invaluable Inval inval- service In the early carb stages of ot tho the conflict which waxed warm from th the tho start starl The Thc British preliminary bombardment bombardment bombardment bombard bombard- ment was brief brier and was followed owed b by the customary barrage o for the tho protection protection protection tion of or the advancing infantry The Germans Immediately re replied lIed with a vicious fire firo from lar largo large o numbers of or guns con concentrated behind the thc St St- Quentin canal Airplane observation atlon was WaR virtually Impossible Ibl during th the th first hours of ot tho the tl fighting from either sub so that th the gunners were ivere shooting by hy map and were therefore greatly atly handicapped On the time north re and a strongly fortified sugar factory factor to the northeast north- north cast east were tak n by hy storm after hard CI fighting proved a tough nut to crack Here the famous Alpine corps had been brought up and th the G German German Ger Ger- r- r man arm army boasts no better troops than these IM Is 1 It was futile lottie to attempt a frontal at attack attack attack at- at tack a against this place which was fairly bristling with machine guns cuns The British accordingly worked about It to the thc north and south and squeezed It out was wag carried by storm And nd prisoners were iere gleaned from th the surviving garrison In tho the center the Australians had to totI tI fight ht for ever every inch of ground Around thc they took but tho they they pushed pushed steadily forward until they r reached ach d the crest of ot the ridge c. c fly 1 o'clock the Australians had already tt 1 taken en a 0 total of or GOO OO prison prison- ers Most rost of or those were Bavarians and men of or the lie first German reserve r dIvision di division dI- dI vision and amid they thoy appeared to be of ot a n poor class of or men as thc they crime camo straggling straggling IlIn gling back disconsolately through tho lie drizzling rain r One of or tho the hottest engagements took place Just south of or Le where the Germans had fortified themselves III In a mill This stronghold was surrounded stir sur ur- ur rounded and antl ISO of or the tic garrison were forced to surrender On tho the rl right ht flank there was hard fighting I Holnon had been taken talen yesterday as aft a preliminary to today's attack and amid from this point tho the went forward No great Areat advance was WUK expected in this lone rone hOW however VP I as aa the theline theline theline line had already been pushed forward practically to ci the old positions Last night ht Gorman German a airplanes were wel e busy tho ho St sector and the utilized el a number of oC new typo 1111 Pl of ot hu huge e size Three o of or these w hot down east of at Peronne Po- Po ronne The They were capable of oC seating eight men The rhe most astounding thing about them however howe was that they carried bombs bomb thirteen feet Cee lon long which I contained 2000 pounds of oC explosives explosive This is If far the bl biggest est bomb tho lie Germans Get Ger mans have yet produced |