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Show I DE RAG LE; IT1LII Enemy Trying to Save What He Cap From Wreck of Supposedly Impregnable Defense. Smashing Movement of British Paralyzing the Teuton Resistance; Retreat Re-treat in Great Disorder. HiOM THE BRITISH ARMV IN" KKANCK. Pi-pt. 3 (By the Associated Prres, 4 p. m.). The British vi.-tory in the haf.le of the Diwonrt Que:int line serins complete. Without having delivered a finale counterattack and statrerin; from the blows administered yerterdiiv. the Germans la-t niht and this morning were in full flieht for the eastern side of the Canal da N'ord. The enemy is trying to save what men and material he can from the wreck in and behind one of the most powerful defense systems ever devised. The much-boasted Drocourt-Queant line, or. as the Germans call it, the Wotan line, is totally shattered. The British are driving far through it and the Germans arc hurrying eastward, leaving behind only pockets of machine ma-chine gunners and even resistance from these is gradually melting away. Strong British forces arc now fighting fight-ing their way down the Hindenburg line itself and are cleaning it up as thev go. Meanwhile, a little south of here, another force is driving on the Hindenburg lino frontally. FACE DEBACLE; RETREAT IN HASTE. The Hun has tasted disaster in the Drocourt line battle and now his disorganized dis-organized and badry depleted forces are working fast to prevent an even greater great-er catastrophe from overtaking them. The British are rapidly approaching and are close to the Canal du Nord. the territory behind which is even now under heavy fire from many British cannon. The foe knows this movement contains con-tains a menace to some of his forces, and orders apparently have been given to get them out with all haste. The Canal du N'ord, where the Germans are retiring, is simply a canal under construction con-struction and contains no water. It is like a railroad tunnel, with tho top off. It is eighty feet across and sixty feet deep, with its sides for the most part granite-walled, sloping slightly inward toward tho bottom. There may be as hard fighting hero as there was last year. ' It was early in the morning, aftor a night in which a most stubborn battle was fought, that the Germans begau to show real signs of generally being beaten. The village of Ktaiug was reported re-ported cleared up. DESPERATE HUNS FLOOD LOWLANDS. Hainblain-lez-Prcz, 01 the extreme flan-k, was taken and the troops moved eastward. But they did not go far, as tho Germans, in desperation, had dammed the river "Scarpe at Yitry-en-Artois and flooded the lowlands in this locality. Patrols entered Biache St. Vaast, w-hieh soou was reported captured. From this general locality on the north the British pushed sharply forward. Karly in the forenoon airplanes reported report-ed no Germans in any number west of Kcourt St. Quentin, which is east of Rccourt and Saudemont, where the British w-erc pushing on and overcoming overcom-ing the diminishing resistance. The first substantial indication that the Germans admitted defeat was when the British troops entered Ke-court, Ke-court, after having reached the outskirts out-skirts last night. They had been in the town only . a few minutes when . . tC Mrtlrmed, n.Pag Two.), , HUN FACES DEBACLE; lillMICjeEO (Continued irom j.u;';r One.) tho otionty artillery bcau slicllin it heavily from a distance. The British drove down the Arras-Oanihrai Arras-Oanihrai road with case today. One force, according- to word received at headquarters, captured 1 ncliy-cu-Artois, another occupied and cleaned up the j entire Bui:ssy switch. Airplanes Rain Bombs. M'hile this was going on a squadron of airplanes, discovering a large group of the enemy some distance to the. east, managed to Jtreak through the protecting Gernutn planes and rained bombs down upon the masses, and this probably upset any idea tho Germany had of making a determined stand west of the -canal. I Wince that time airphines report only I a few Germans visible for any distance j on the western side of tho canal, and these observers flew over the whole region at an altitude of only two or three hundred feet. During the forenoon the British infantry in-fantry moved forward so rnpidlv at many places that they completely outran out-ran tiieir own artillery and proved on only machine guns preceding them. Since then the guns liace been brought up and lire pumping shells at the far side of the canal, especially at the point where it is crossed by' the; Arras-Cambrai road. There is a bridge- head here and the concentration of lire j undoubtedly is hindering the enemy et- forts to get his transports and his guns on the east side. Germans Are Disorganized. A ft er I no hy Wii 3 taken, the I 'a- i t i s h forces, among them Koyai tiKirino and naval battalions, began a dr.ve to tht' ' south PHst Moeucres, in an ft't'nrt to rea.-h I the Hapaume-C'anU't at read I eforo the , (Hermans who wwe fUeint; ahuig it. Pnui-ville Pnui-ville having been taken during the nlchi. 1 the British worked soi.ithr-.iHtwar.l and' closed 1 he valley of r he 1 1 1 mud.-!!.- rt v to liermariH desirim,' to retreat that u;iv, with the result ti:at the fin-mv fur I had to swing smithw nnt. then eastward, j probatdy along tho ii;ie--t:uii of t!;e Ha- ' I paurrie-t "ambrai road also. j Somo u!ea of t;:c tbtunan d i snriM n 7., - ; tion may he had from the fat i thar ) a numi'er of crews of il-Tin'ri how;z I J captured were PLanduv' aroui.il tiiei:' gups, ! ! whieh they laid bloMt U'iuTs i uu,- I plained they had ha i.i1': i:.- to eat for four days b'-cause ;' d .m :':t t ui : at thfir rt-ar. ' La'-k of r.-rmari shell f.ro '' is CM iair .-d . in "iiiany lni;:iti' ps, wheu g-iim.u-s ap- turefl said lliev had no ammunition. Manv : tiriT'S, thev aid. th.t-v e -.t.d Li'.h f!;c.i i wi:h open s;?::ts Into th-j ad. ari'-mg 1 : r t - 1 ifc-h. ru:t they had r.o shells and ruuld 1 not get anv. The f:gn'tng this afternoon s.-.-ms to br more V!gorn?iH aloi1 th nor'n-mn part o tb Hmdenourg l.n.- thm e's- 'A 'i.-r.. 1 Th tlr't.sh are 'J.ft-;)it:g a.nr'.c a--'r:dM 1; j from the p"iu;f -h it J... rifl I to-court. to-court. :r.f at Quean'. Many Taken Prisoner. Oonsidera1'' T'a -s m r.' ; rt -d .1 '1 ! large n uui (- r o." ''.'-:nan iutve kii.ed or taken pr;s-uicr. '' h h 1 .-a n :.- of prisoners are cni'i,::.' ir 'o t- - a,v!i ; army had """) 'Jr-uan-i In ttj .t.-.- forenoon. Ho v. n ,ir,v m 1 rh : gui.r captured v. il. no; r.nu.i -i .r ::an day. b':t f.-N-re v. thu-mi'j The prisoner w-r-- of n , 1 iri. !r. -Turing Mii!rv:i:cn wno -td !?; -! ::....::.'! and fought ad infau'ry. T'-.t h ir-'.-i .--d I 'i-rman ' Orrirnarnl'T." 'or.k ' -n frcn a-.-. - 1 waere, no r.ia"er wha: t;.- vv-rt-noed to be d . a :. a?.d r. .t th---. ' ''! 1! : e with r;f ' t- a r.d n u;-- .n -. in a - f effort to p: e:n : . e 1 'e t , IIO'.v man v d-ad -:- w . 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