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Show TELLS HOW ALLIES GAPTUREDP0SiT10N British . and French Exchange Ex-change Places and Carry Line at Point of Bayonet. By ANDRE BEAUMONT. (Special Cable by ArranBPnieot -with London Dally Telegraph aad Internationa) Newa Service.) BEHIND THE ALLIES' LINE, Friday Fri-day night, Sept. 18. Last evening I met a French officer who was among the wounded at Soiysons, -where he had taken part in the sharp fighting which followed a heavy artillery duel commencing com-mencing on Sunday. The Germans, in their retreat, had, ho said, among other places, occupied in force Cuffies, which was a naturally strong position, being .hilly and strewn with rocks. There were also many ravines, ra-vines, and they had brought up their siege guns, which had been intended for tho bombardment of Paris. In addition ad-dition they had a large number of rapid-f irers, which they placed behind the heavy guns to prevent their position posi-tion from being rushed. It was eariy seen that the position must be taken at at costs. The guns were brought up Mondky and tho German Ger-man position was shelled throughout the day and again on Tuesday. Such was the weakened nature of the German Ger-man reply during Tuesday afternoon, said the officer, that he was convinced that the position could have been carried car-ried that evening at the point of the bayonet. During these two days of fighting this was, it is stated, the only position at which the Germans made a stand and held their own against the allies along the whole line of their retreat. On Wednesday tho artillery duel was resumed. Meanwhile some of tho British Brit-ish regiments, which, ho could not say who had advanced as far as Croy, were ! marched around to the neighborhood of Pa sly, on the other side of Cuffics, then held by the French infantry, ' The French troops were sent to take the place of the British at Croy and a determined assault was then made on the position, which was carried at the point of the bavonet. The officer did see the final attack, but before leaving headquarters for the base hospital he was told that the assault as-sault was successful. He expressed the belief that the British and French losses had been heavy. |