Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-04 | Page 3 | Prussian Troops Easily Beaten by Advancing Britons

PRUSSIAN TROOPS EASILY BEATEN BY ADVANCING BRITONS 1 By The Associated Press, I LONDON', Sept- 3, 5 d. m.--Carr'iUf? I their attack to the northeast of Arras, I the British today captured th-: viPaee of I Hamblan-les-Fres. just to the south of ! the Sesxpe, in trse direction o:" Doual. Southeast of Laired court, the southernmost southern-most point at whicn the British have a hold on the Hlndenbux? line, the Germans Ger-mans today frnitlessly threw In what is believed to be every reserve aval ia hi. Most o the resfr'e troops, however, have , been worn out in the recent fifrfcting and put up a weak resistance. ; The second Prussian division, considered consid-ered one of the enemy's best, was rushed up from Cambrai, bst t!e men were so worn that they were easily pushed back. Hundreds of prisoners were taken. Opinion here is that the Germans have, few, if any, fresh reserves available on this front- It is believed the line orf the Sensee canal cannot be strongly defended. If this is taken it will be possiDle ef-fectuallv ef-fectuallv to shell Cambrai. The situation immediately south of the Scarpa, the scene of the mos; vigorous British drive, was somewhat obscure early this evening; but there is everj' indication that the Germans are beinp swept back so raDidly as to make reports of the capture of small villages relatively unimportant.