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Show HAIG'S MEN DRIVE BACK AN ASSAULT AT BERTH ACOURT T).NTON. Pept. 21. British forcn last night attacked the (iernian lines between St. Quentin and Camhnti, op posit e 1 e Catlet, making progress In the vicinity of Tombois farm and rapturing a (rroup of trenches and utrong polntB on tho ridge north wst of Vend e sill. Field Marshal Mar-shal Iliilg announced tn his official statement state-ment today. A pother enemy utrong point nar tl.e Ronssoy-Bony road, jur.t to the noutn, also was iakn hy the p.rlt ish. A su-c-.H.-f'il lonl attack was carried out north of V'illTB-tiuisiam. German troops late yesterday rounter-alUn-kf-d In th- vicinity nf Gilifmont farm on the front between ;anibr;Ll and St. Queritin. to t'ne weM of Catelet. Flehl Marshal Hair's Btatement today an-nounrrs an-nounrrs t he repulse of the enemy with lieii' v loHKes. Xort h wffit o' Pt. Quent in the ")r-mnns ")r-mnns p'-netra'd thr l:rltiili lino at One point at IVrthii'O'irt, diirinc an attack. The position was re-established by a connt'-r-at:;''k. On the front VMwaoh Arras and r.enn tlier was a rontlnimtion of the ndvarire mnvcnifiil in th notchlvirhood of G.ivrHlf. Poiithe.'ist of thnt vlll;vv:e Kngllh troops made p:ogTess on a front o.' three.-q.uar- . iers of a m'.le. The statement reids: , j 'successful minor operation? were cat- I ried out by our troops yesierdjy and dur- ; ing t!ie nicht at several pointe. In ti'.e afternoon Engl-h troops captured a tier-man tier-man strong point, in t he neighborhood of t he Ron asoy - Bo : 1 y road w ; : v h h ;i d 1 held ojt stuhborn'.y all day, t.ikipR eighty, prisoners. : "Later in ihe afternoon - a hospiit! 1 counter-at:a-.k from the dire lon of Gdie- 1 niont farm was repulsed with heavy loss I by our r fie and machine gun f-.rc. I "Puring the night other Kngli.-h troops made progress in the dire :'.on of Tom- 1 boi3 farm after peveral ho'ur'hard f'Sht-in f'Sht-in and farther north rapt ured a group of . strongly held trenchps and ronT points on tl'.e spur northwest of Vendeuil, , taking & number of prisoners. "During tiie night also over 100 prisoners prison-ers were captured hy us in a sut essfjl locaJ attack south of Yl'.lers-Guisla tn. '"KaM of GavrllV. Fnglish trcops made progress on a front of ahout thrp-puar-ters of a mile, carlued FKty pruopTJ. "Farly Hst nicnt the encmv a'. tarked Berthfiicourt unucr n copr o' a hea'.'v art 11 'tn' barrage a nd pen p( rated our lire at ore point. An immediate counter- j a ttac' bv our troops lompif.ely rc-csljc-j bsncd the position. ' - j |