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Show " FIOWER OF TEUTON j. ARMY ANNIHILATED ii !4 ' , Unit1 n Score of Oernmny's Host 1)1- .'4t i visions Smashed to Pieces IJy V British AsMiiUtsj 1C00 Trapped In I Own Wire. (From a Staff Correspondent of t tho Associated Press.) llritlah Headiiuartors In France, via London, April 1G. With tho hot flames of war raging along tho en tire western front, British anil , French nllko, It can bo stated that each detail of tho offensive plans has been worked out at prolonged conferences con-ferences between General Nlvello and Field Marshal Uatg and tho war council of Franco and England. I'nt IIInilcnlnirK Strategy to Tost, Tho wholo strugglo In tho western f theatro promises to ho a titanic one. Tho allies aro preparing as never bo-foro, bo-foro, both ln'materlal and porsonnol and aro co-oporating with the nmoothness which comes from a com- , I t ploto understanding and thorough Ji . appreciation of tho work In hand. ' W i ' Tho Gormans havo moro divisions on I" tho western front than would havo 1 been thought possible a year ago, nnd however much of an "easterner" 1 FIolil Marshal von Hindcnburg may havo been In tho past, ho will havo to dovoto his ontlro tlmo and ntton- 5 ; ' tlon to western ovents for some weelco jt to come. J Already a half 3coro of Germany's host divisions havo been smashed to '; pieces by tho British onslaught nnd their own unsuccessful countorat- i - tneks. Tho Ilavarian divisions woro ' sacrificed first, but tho Prussian -, guard divisions, thrown In to stem i tho Urltlsh flood tide, havo been suf fering such casualties In tho last fow (lays that they will havo to bo ro-- ro-- Iloved. Tho Canadlnns nccountcd for n largo contingent of grenadiers In the fighting about tho Plmplo, while yestorday's affair at Lngnlcourt took ' its heaviest toll both In dead nnd prisoners from flvo German regiments. regi-ments. It will over bo ono of tho most striking features of this war, tho rout of tho Gormans nt Lagnlcourt nfter what thoy believed to havo boon ' a successful nttack. Running for J their own trenches, which wero part r', of tho famed Hlndenburg lino, thoy V t wero trapped by tho barbed wlro en tanglements which had beun built with such great strength and thlck- ness In front of thorn. Tho bonat of 1 ) tho Hlndenburg Hue has been lt3 belts of protective wlro. ' Caught within tho moshes of his ' wire, tho German guardsmen screamed madly for help and guld- nnco. Some, llko trapped rabbits, scurrcd up and down tho outer bar- rler, searching In vain for openings. Tho nrltlsh troops, meantime, had tho greatest opportunity for open i field rlflo Bhootlug alnco tho battle or tho Marno. Lying flnt upon tho i ' ground, thoy poured bullets Into tho k :t panlc-strlckcu gray-coated Germans s- f until each man had fired a full 100 t S rounds. While this wns going on, tho Drlt- Ish field guns came Into play with a I ehrapnel barrago, which completed 1 ! tho demolition of tho ontrapped cn- emy. ! It was little wonder that later 9 1500 Gorman dead could bo counted or that 400 guardsmon surrondorod k , with uphold hands and emotional crlos of "Kamorad." - - - |