Show british EN HUNS slaughtered important incidents of first week of great battle are given to public GERMAN AIMS ANS HOT NOT RE ALIZEn mowed down by halos hal heroic men the kaisers Kal tera troop troops puh push to ward he somme by sheer foree force of dumber loudon lot alls of the first of thil the areat lal ln in france sho v that LS white the fiali ting hae has bi b more sovera than 0 ll in 11 ray I 1 awl rei lons A thare hall h been no cause for the th bonnan loses ases haip ha teen ter r de ably casualties hav lug ing ben been b en suffered ered by he fie lassers hosts at such 3 cost the won le ea leti ti than one thin third 1 of tl it P ground on filch key they hid county counted the morale ot of the tile british troops lae line been perfect throughout and itei hae line fought magnificently million german germans in action them thew fact facts stand out it Is known knon that at least leat germans were on the whole front of attack in the somme area not less than 52 army were identified the line suffered its most buffell buffering ng in this stretch but was as firm ever everywhere herp lite germans bellei belled led that a lo loss lots ts of would bi be a price for success in the nest aest but nith a loss already of 2 there Is to no pros hect of their attaining the victory they eek beek thes nil till he the in aund lost in the battle and have taken back sections of the territory taken from them in tile lie comine off offen ensle she of last list year the fighting lighting was not by any means a continual german advance the british counter attacked heavily and fought for every foot of ground of the fighting in one battle on the extreme left he the germans emp employed loed not lesi less than cine nine in an effort to break through lor three das the three british held them at bay finally under w ight of numbers the retired behind the line marked by the tile ruined village of bullecourt bellecourt Bul lecourt fast noruell 11 and Crol the next morning the german re jewed the attack striking northward from I 1 and Crol and from chepriss Ch criss eriss they droe in mass formation nave ave after vae ae the between ilenin sur our cojeni to ilenin hill 5 iwo luo hours of drum fire in which filch yas ras and shells ere mingled preceded the infantry attack from eight clock in the morning until noon continuous continuo uR baies of gra grai clad troops stormed lie the heights machine guns ported ted on the ridge swept down line after line of germans by three clock in the aft ernson the had succeeded in pressing past ilenin hll hill on both tides sides ind nd threatened to cut off tho th machine runners posted on the crest crests not until antil then did the latter retire and rejoin the main british force similar fighting was aas going on nt at tho the aine time on the right wing bremen ilous pressure wai was brought to atar sr around round st reger leger laux aej al arau court it lasted all day at times under the german blows blons he the british lare 11 sagged i but at 11 no 0 point did it ghe chew ay AT desperate de detente fente of vaulx A bitter battle wae wits fought for pos session slon of adix hut but Bri tislA machine gunners posted in the iules of the tillage village held the germans at bey boy A ruined factory erred BS as a fortress despite the ph shelling elling to it aa was subjected not until late tn in the afternoon was as it impossible for the british to hold uie tile town longer I 1 even ren then the retreat eliy ly went for a thousand bards the british rear guard fought et e tf t step of the WHY and returning to the tile main maln body counter counterattack attak was launched against the germans german in pos session of aux and the was as regained the fighting continued nil all nl ht finally had to be abandoned before heavy night attacks but only because te german forces had pushed past further up the line and were driving to the attack of nother bitter it struggle ruggle was fought around Crol gelles t at story scottish and I 1 anglish troops inflicted tremendous 1 on the gergian bromne sunday battle south el of P peronne the fig hIng sundy sunday was cremen dous alt all JAY long lo 10 heavy forca forces of 0 Germen 4 endeavored to force a cross ing of the comine me of I 1 deronne aronne while further along be line they con their efforts again st ua bit fautne a gennan engineers at throw pontoon bridge bridges tempted to cross cs the river on the nearby near by heights ariti britch h field gunj firing pac pl bieti ily nt at po nt fit range mashed every so oa tn ao ne 0 aca kowt british in fantry caun counter ter aap dashed into to fight the sennan germans ile U water ith the object of capturing Pt ur 17 of st 1 1 southwest ht ami arid ragny rl gny tile tl german germans employed at quentin dhillon or r 00 men of pit bat the ath ot alth re n i troop mins tra tor alth mth 18 ih and nd of one division 10 lo to in be p portion lAt tallon tile average every wal 2001 at ads bisek earls a of amid foo wreak havoc ranks ten was there 0 ft a bloody struggle in a chalk where many german dead now lit after the germans germani had come some wai forward ten bridith tanks drove into then them anti shattered some of their bat tall onit with their mathine gun fire dispersing groups of the advancing unit the british fought many rear guard actions and made numerous counter attacks in the neighborhood of falling back it to the lie line of he the somme onla when alien ne new masses of Ger germans ninni pets ted through those battalions which the had not met and beaten II between etin and I 1 lephy occurred a mot mota mo t dp git the I 1 he germans attacked lu in over overwhelm helm ine ing strength th their previous loui bom loar ballment dment had had little effect an and tho bridith troops had suffered but slightly the weather was nias mist and screen fd ed b this mist the germans er roann were on top of tho the british before the lat ter were ere aware of it in dense for motion they came come on offering excellent targets ground round ft aas as yielded by the british only under pressure of overwhelming number numbers heroic deed deeds of the british Brit leh lighting saturday Sa between arras antl Ilai nume for possession of the hights lu lelit between the cojeni and sen sea see rivers was nas especially bitter outnumbered num berd eight to one the british clung to their positions to the last lost in gauche wood where here scot scots and anti south africans were ere placed another ensued the tile germans several time times managed to reach the wood but were ere repeatedly thrown lack their losses in killed were ere e specially heavy heay ai a i they came on in mass formation attempt after at terrt was frustrated 1 a height below fauche wood knonk as chapel hill to three german and parts of A fourth were thrown thron against the tile british at one point the enemy was nc ac duall among the british advance posts post before he was discovered the fog thoroughly screened him avee of germans flowed past the farm and around tt it but in the farm itself the Lelce ra held out fighting and refusing to sur surrender Tender until etry num nitin was killed or so 9 sei severely arely roundel woun del he could fight light no more inore the british showed shoed the groa greatest test strength between deprume and peronne and above baraume as tar as arras the germans ho however vever con berned with the southern flank at the franco british junction point concentrated their most I 1 iowa low against the peronne ham chauny line relying on the 0 of nn an automatic british withdrawal la lu the north if it their line wae ins bent or broken in fit the south was an obstacle on tho th northern side to capture which they sacrificed thousand thousands of their best troops rivers of blood ate te shed for the town a possession in a IL combat thu lasted almost all night until the british finally yielded the tile ruin after having exacted a fearful price kalier kaiser order jubilation the kaiser wee was alth ith held Bt marshal arshal vin ion in peronne suri annoying eying the bloody fields fieldi where thousand thousands of his best fighting men wele killed or maimed before the british finally withdrew the emperor ordered a general jubilation throughout the empire rockets and flaga and a holiday for the children baing tha the chief symbols of celebration lie conferred a gold inlaid iron cross on also sent dis to the empress telling of the progress pro gresa made by his armies |