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Show . . .. i- , ., ... 1 i i i 0 N 3 2 - M I L E FR 0 N T British "Go Over the Top" Without Artillery Preparation and Pierce Enemy's Line to Depth of Five or Six Miles 8000 PRISONERS TAKEN; MUCH WAR MATERIAL PARIS, Not. 21. The French troops today attacked in the region to the north of Craonne and Berry-Au-Bac on a front of ahout two-thirds of a mil and penetrated the German positions to an average depth of about 400 yards, capturing strong defenses and taking 175 German prisoners, according to taa French official communication issued this evening. The communication says: West of the Miette river we attacked the German line south of Juvincourt. On a front of about one kilometer and to an average depth of 400 meters our troops reached all their objectives and captured cap-tured strong enemy defenses. In the course of the operations we took 175 prisoners. Between the Miette and the Aisne rivers our patrols brought back about forty prisoners. The artillery activity has been spirited in this region, j On both banks of the Meuse several attempts against our small j posts were stopped by our fire. i In upper Alsace a surprise attack by the enemy to the north of 1 Largitzen failed. .rmy of the east, November 20: In the region of the Struma several aerial encounters took place, during which an enomy airplan was brought down. To the west of the Vardar, in the direction of Hadzibariman, we repulsed an attempted enemy raid. Artillery duels are reported in the Cerna bend and north of Monastir.- LONDON, Nov. 21. Andrew Bonar Law announced this evouing in the house of commons that 8000 prisoners, including 180 officers, have been token by the British in their present operations. At one point the British penetrated five miles behind the German lines, and several villages in addition to those already announced have been taken. BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, Nov. 21 (By the Associated As-sociated Press). The Germans are fighting on their last line of defense at one point of the British attack. I,ONTON, Nov. 21. The Hindonbiirg line has been broken to a dpth of four to five miles, the war office announces. Tbe British troops stormed the lirst system of the Hindenlnng line defenses on the whole front between -St.' Qnentin and the Searpe river. From St. Quen-tin Quen-tin to the Searpe is thirty-two miles. The British infantry and tnnks pressed on and captured the second system of de-fensps de-fensps over a, mile beyond. The attack was les'in cMerday hy th third army. There was no a rtillry preparation prep-aration and the Genna iin were ta k.n completely by surprise. Peveral thou sand prisoners have hpfii taken. The serontl sysiem of (ernian defense;? captured by tho British is known as the Hlndnhurj? support line. The British captured Benavis, Tampan -wood, La Vacquerle, the defenses known as "Welsh ridge and Rile'ourt village. Their operations oper-ations are continuing. The British also foupht 'their way through Coulllet wood. .Lieutenant den era I Sir Julian Ryus is in command of the attacking army. The towns of Havrincourt. Ma renins, Oralncmirt and Anneux and Nenf wood have been raptured by th" British. Victory for the Tanks. A lare number "f la.nk- rm c. forward for-ward In ; d v;i m of the In fa nt ry w bMi th a t ta u t-. , r.p'h"d. s nd brn . through siKtessive leli. of iJcrmmi wire defense:--, which were of xrcat deplh and strength. Nearly a senre of guna are reported to have been captured. Tlie British ,i re pushing on toward C'an-Ht.lna', C'an-Ht.lna', three miles Houthvrent of f'nnibral. Northwest, of Marcoing the high ground Known n.s Bremy ihtipp" has hfnn fought over and the Gcnniinfl li;ie. hemi for.-ed to wllhdifiw. Tlie offjiHl anni-'Uiicnmenl fnllow : Yesterday morning the third army, under 'iiini;i nd of fleueial Ihe Hnp-orahle Hnp-orahle Sir Julian Hyng. deJK rrr.d number of attucUs between Ht. Qupn-1 Qupn-1 i n and t h river Sr-g rpe. Thse a t -t n i kr wpie cariled out wit hout pr -v ions a rt Illrry prrpnration Aru in e;ih cnse the enemy whs completely surprised. sur-prised. , Our troops ha vr broken into t b enemy's positions lo a depth of h-fween h-fween four and five tntlps on a wide front, and have- rarfurfd neveral thousand prisoners with a nuinbr-r of guns. Our opera.! I una are continuing. continu-ing. Infantry Moves Into Gnjs. At the hour of arsauit on the prln-cipai prln-cipai front of attack a lare niiinliT of tHt:kfl nvAPr forwerd in Advance nf ho infa ni ry and In o)-:e throuKh f-U'.-f-e.-nlve tinltH of fierman wiie whit !i wi'ic f)f g t t; t det h and st rr nsrl li Vf-llov, J i isr I hr.HK.'h tb- tais mnde bv the l.rdvs Ku;;IihIi. Sottish nml Irisli fuiinrntf ywn,( o'i Ihe cn- (Continuctl on Page Four.) BRITISH TIDAL WAVE WRECKS TEUTON LI (Continued from Pago One.) emy's outposts and stormed the first defensive system of the Hindenburg line on the whole front. ' Our infantry and tanks then swept on in accordance with the programme and captured the German second system sys-tem of defense more thap a mile be- i yor.d. This latter ie known as the Hindenburg support line. In the course of this advance East county troops took the hamlet of I Benavis and Lateau wood after stiff fighting. English rifle regiments a nd light infantry captured La Vacquerie and the form ids ble d tenses on the spur known as Welsh ridge. Other English En-glish county troops stormed the village vil-lage of Ribecourt and fought their way through Couillet wood. Highland territorial battalions crossed the Grand ravine and entered Flesquieres, where fierce fighting took place. The West Riding territorials terri-torials captured Havrincourt and the German trench systems north of the village, while the Lister battalions, covering the la tter's f la nk, moved ! northward up the west bank of the ! canal Ou Nord. ! Cross the Canal. Later in the morning our advance j was continued and rapid progress was made at all points. English, Scottish. Scot-tish. Irish and Welsh ba ttalions secured se-cured the crossings on the canal at Mesniercs and captured Marcoing and Neuf wood. The West Riding troops who had taken Tlavri n court made remarkable progress east of the canal Du Nord. storming the villages of Graincourt i a nd Anneux, and. with the Ulster troops opera ting to the v est of the canal, carried the whole German line northward to. the Bapaume-Cambrai road. West Lancashire territorials broke into the enemy's positions east of Epehy and Irish troops have captured cap-tured important sections of the Hin-denburs- line between Bullecourt and Fontaine les Croisilles. The numher of prisoners, guns and material captured cannot yet be estimated. esti-mated. The spell of fine, dull weather, which favored our preparations for our attacks, broke early yesterday. A heavy rain fell during the night and the weather is now stormy. |
