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Show GRAPHIC STORY OF GREAT DRIVE BY THE FRENCH Bombardment Smashed Underground Connecting Trenches; Biggest Guns Blew Up Railroad and Supply Stations Behind Lines; Infantry Advance Was a Quick Dash With Small Losses. PARIS, Sopt. 20. A nirnul-tuncous nirnul-tuncous movement of the French on a front of more ttiun fifteen miles, after a bombardment for three days of well-prepared German positions which wore protected by dense networks net-works of barbed wire; the line of the moat recent creations of French artillery and the shelling with long-range long-range cannon of roads and railroad the cost of small losses email nearly near-ly everywhere jumped into the Ocrman trenches, mastered their defenders and continued their course forward with audaciousness, despite the soggy ground, despite the resistance of the enemy, who rapidly arranged intermediary positions po-sitions with their reserves, or who, under the support of perpendicular communicating trenches, directed a lIWl ' ' Hill t I IV I U .11- NncH the entire first line of the Germans, were among the elements which brought success to the recent al lied offensive movement in France, according to the Havas agency, which has received from a correspondent an authorized account ac-count of the battle in the Champagne Cham-pagne district. The front which formed the principal prin-cipal line of resistance, says the correspondent, comprised from two to five trenches arranged in echelons, with a complete accessory of defense, including an impenetrable im-penetrable network of barbed wire, underground hollows as a protection agaiuat bombardment and small torts varnished with ouick-firp.rs. iu irom machine guns and infantry in-fantry on the flanks of our troops during their forward movement. Advance la Rapid at Three roints. At tbree points the advance particularly was rapid. Near Houain we directed three divergent attacks, captured several works and entered trenches called Von Kluck and Von Tirpitz. Then we penetrated pene-trated "Trench William IL " To the east the African troops crossed the German lines and fought in the wood in the direction of the Souain-Tahure road, where thoy captured the field railroad camps and depoU. To the right other contingents Further there was a system of trenches which formed a veritable labyrinth. Second Defease Line Among tke HiUf. The German gcueral staff had the foreMght to arrange their second sec-ond line of resistance on the height dominating to the south the valley of the Py. The position had been organized with care. Between Be-tween the two positions, separated by a distance of from two to two and a half miles, all the cuttings in the ground had been prepared with a view to defense inch by inch. in eighteen minutes captured an enemy salient called "The I'ocket.'' Further fighting and noon found them passing the Souain-Tahure Souain-Tahure road and attaining the slopes of Hill 193. Colonial Infantry Take Htll No. 191. North of Beause.jour, while the German resistance was being maintained main-tained on the heights of LaBtttte dn Mesnil, we had taken on the vast glacis in the wooded region in Fer de Lance and Dem Lune, an entire fortified system comprising no less than five successive lines I Communicating trenches uniting the two lines and protected by accessory ac-cessory defenses permitted the dividing di-viding of the ground in case part of the first line yielded. Bombardment Kept Up for Three Days. For three days our batteries bombarded the German positions. We made tiBe of the most recent artillery and were able, after an examination of the conquered trenches, to witness its dreadful effect. At certain points the leveling level-ing of the trenches was complete. The protecting caves were filled. As to the network of barbed wire it was torn up everywhere, or de- 400 meters (about 1200 feet) in extent. This gain permitted us to push along the road from Perthes to Camay as far as the Maison de Champagne. In the eastern part of the attacking at-tacking front we did not pass the first position, which was particularly particular-ly strong at certain points. The colonial infantry, however, in a magnificent dash, captured the Bastion Bas-tion formed by Hill 191, of which the ravines and promontories form exactly the fingers of a hand. In less than an honr the '-Hand of Massaglo" belonged to them. Cannon Quickly Follow Advancing Infantry. stroye d. Our fire covered the on tiro length of the first position, , and with long-range cannons bombarding bombard-ing railroads, certain German units found their supplies cut off and remained re-mained forty-eight hours without provisions. Nerves of Teutons Badly Shattered. The moral effect was no less powerful. Even the interruption of the bombardment increased the nervousness of our adversaries, who uselessly began a concentrated artillery ar-tillery and musket fire. The clear skv of Rpntmhov At the end of Jhe day we had arrived to the north of Souain aud north Perthes, in contact even with the second German position supporting sup-porting itself on the butte of Souain and the butte of Tahure. Our batteries, following the progress of the infantry, crossed the communicating trenches aud installed in-stalled themselves on the heights back of our departing line. At dusk on roads that formerly had been battered by enemy artillery ar-tillery thousands of prisoners escorted by territorials, were being taken to the rear. Despite the penetrating rain and the fatigue of the trying day there could bo seen on the faces of all our men joy and legitimate pride of victory. 22 and 23 permitted precise regulation regu-lation of observation on the land and in the air. On the morning of September 25 the gray clouds were low. At 9 a. m. raiu began to fall, and at 9:15 o'clock the attack was ordered. This human wave, which, on a front of more than fifteen miles at the same moment and with the same dash, burst upon and covered the enemy's trenches, comprised Frenchmen from all parts of France and her colonies. In several minutes our men, at |