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Show TANKS BLAZE TRAIL -FORTHEIANTRY Huns' Have Horror of the Forts on Wheels and Victory Vic-tory Is Easily Won. By the Associated Press. WITH THE BRITISH ARM Y IN FRANCE, July 26. Tanks blazed the trail for and co-operated with the French infantry in the recent ground-gaining assault as-sault north of Montdidler. By hurling the enemy west of the Avre river from the high. ETf'und between Moriscl and Montdidler into the valley, on a front of more than two miles, withdrawal from other positions ' was compelled. The French somewhat relieved the pressure on Arnlens and -captured ground which gives excellent observation. While th French infantry had no preat amount of experience experi-ence with tanks, the co-operai ion was perfect. Gut of the early morning storm the great lumbering inons'.ers suddenly appeared ap-peared before the German outposts. They prnmp'uy proceeded to crush the machine-gun machine-gun nests and then to chase and run to earth st rn y enemy group. The Ger ma us had a perfect horror of the tanks, a 'cor i lug to prisoners. They rolled Hat er.- niy machine-gun posts and anti-tank gi-i-s. which were rather freely scattered, and sent bullets into the enemy front lines. During the engagement two of these forts on wheels were slowed up bv artillery ar-tillery fire from hostile bat teries above the Avre river, bu i the erws emergen, set up marl i!ne runH in he open a r,d reaped a II' tie ha r vest or ,nr)mn in conjunction con-junction with the French infantrv. The engagement concluded, the victorious vic-torious French swarmed n bout t he tanks and there were mutual -congratulations ail a round. The tanks ca me ha-k decorated deco-rated with French flags, whkh had been placed on them by a French general on behalf of himself a.nd bis men. |