Show I r BRITISH UNBROKEN HUNS SLAUGHTERED Important Incidents of First Week of Great Battle Are Given to Public GERMAN AIMS NOT REALIZED Mowed Down by Halg's Haigs Heroic Men the Kaisers Kaiser's Troops Push Toward Toward Toward To To- ward the Somme by Sheer Force of Numbers London London Details Details of the first week of the great battle in France show that while the fighting has been more severe than in any previous offensive there has hns been no cause for pessimism The German Gennan losses have been terrific terrific ter ter- probably casualties havIng having hav hay ing lag been suffered by the kaisers kaiser's hosts At such cost they won less than on one one- I third of f the ground on which they tiey had counted The morale of the British I tro troops ps has been perfect throughout and they have fought magnificently Million Germans In Action These facts stand out It is known that at least Germans were engaged on the whole front of attack In the Somme area not less than 52 army divisions were identified The British line suffered Its most severe buffeting in fn this stretch but was firm everywhere The Germans believed belle that a loss of would be a cheap price for success In the west but with a loss already of there is no prospect prospect prospect pros pros- of their attaining the e victory they seek They regained all the ground lost In Inthe Inthe inthe the Cambrai battle and have taken back sections of the territory taken from them in the Somme offensive e of last year The fighting was not by any means a 8 a. a continual German Gennan advance The British counter attacked he heavily and fought ought for every foot of ground Details of the Fighting In one battle on the extreme left the die Germans employed not less than nine divisions in an effort to break through For tl three ree days the three British divisions held them at bay Finally under weight of numbers the British retired behind the line marked by the ruined villages of Bullecourt East Enst and The next morning the Germans renewed renewed renewed re re- re- re the attack striking northward from F and and westward from They drove in n ma magI mag's s formation wave after wave toward the heights between sur Henin-sur- to Henin hill Two To hours of drum fire In which pas gas and high explosive shells were mingled prec preceded ded the infantry attack From eight o'clock in the morning until until un un- til noon continuous waves of clad gray gray clad troops stormed the heights British machine guns posted on the ridge swept down line after line Une of Germans By three o'clock In the afternoon afternoon aft aft- the T had succeeded In pressing past Henin hill on both sides and threatened threatened to cut off ofT the machine gunners rs posted on the crests Not nUl then did the latter retire and rejoin rejoin rejoin re re- join the main British force Similar fighting was going on at the same time on the right wing Tremendous Tremendous dous pressure waS wag brought to bear around St. St Leger Vaux Vaur and Yrau- Yrau court It lasted all nIl day At times under the German blows the British line sagged heavily but at nt atno atno no DO point did It give iYe wn way Desperate Defense of of Vaulx A bitter battle was fought for possession possession poss pos pos- s session sion of Vaulx but hut British machine gunners posted in the tie ruins of the village held the Germans at bay A I ruined factory served as a fortress I despite the shelling to which it was subjected Not until late In the afternoon was It impossible for or the British to hold bold the town longer Even then the retreat retreat retreat re re- re- re treat only went for a thousand yards The British rear guard fought every Step of the way and returning to the main body bod a counter attack was wn launched against the Germans in possession possession pos pos- session of Vaulx and the village was regained The fighting continued all night Finally Vaulx had to be abandoned before heavy henVy night attacks but only because German forces had pushed past further up the line and were driving to the attack of Mory 1 Another bitter struggle was fought around At Mory Scottish and English troops Inflicted tremendous tremendous tremendous dous losses on the Germans Sunday Battle South of Peronne The fighting Sunday was waa wa dous All day long heavy forces of Germans endeavored to force a crossIng crossIng crossing cross- cross I I Ing of the the Somme south of Peronne I while further along the line Une they concentrated concentrated concentrated con con- their efforts against Ba Repeatedly German engineers attempted attempted at nt- tempted to throw pontoon bridges across the river On the near by hel heights British field guns firing practically practically practically at point range smashed every effort On some occasions British In Infantry infantry In- In fantry counter-attacking counter dashed into nto th the water to fight tight the G Germans With the tho object of capturing Ur- Ur villers Illers and Y southwest of St. St Quentin the Germans employed at least six sir divisions dl or men of storming troops troop the roth GOth reserves reserves re re- serves and In the proportion of ot one division to er e every British battalion The average a width of each attack was 2000 yards Ten Tanks Wreak Havoc Amid Foe FeaRing through there wa was w V a bloody struggle gle In a chalk quarry quam I where many miny German dead now Ha lie After the Germans had come some wa wad forward ten British tanks drove into them and shattered some of their battalions battalions bat bat- with their machine gun fire dispersing groups of the advancing units The British fought many rear guard guar actions and made numerous counterattacks counterattacks counter counter- attacks in the neighborhood of ot Roisel falling back to the line of the Somma only when new masses of Germans passed through those battalions which thc they had not met and and beaten benten Between and occurred a n most desperate struggle The Germans attacked in overwhelming overwhelm Ing strength Their previous bombardment born bom nt had had little effect ct and the British troops had suffered but slightly The weather was misty and screened screen screened ed by this mist the Germans were on top of the British before the trie latter latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter were n aware of ot It In dense dease formation formation for tor mation they came on offering excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent targets Ground was yielded by the British only under pressure of overwhelming o numbers Heroic Deeds of the British Fighting Saturday between Arras and Bapaume for tor possession of ot the heights between the and Sen- Sen see rivers was especially bitter Outnumbered Outnumbered Outnumbered Out Out- numbered eight to one the British troops clung to their positions to th the thelast last In Gauche wood where Scots and South Africans were placed another terrific struggle ensued The Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans several times managed to reach the wood but were repeatedly thrown back Their losses In killed were especially heavy as they came on In mass formation Attempt after attempt attempt attempt at at- tempt was frustrated From a height below Gauche wood known as Chapel hill to three German divisions dl and parts of at a n fourth were thrown against the Brit Brit- ish At one point the enemy was actually actually actually ac ac- ac- ac among the British advance posts before he was di The fog thoroughly screened him Waves of Germans flowed past the farm and around it but In n the farm Itself the f held out fighting and refusing to surrender until every everyman everyman everyman man was killed or so severely wounded he could fight no more The British showed the greatest strength between Bapaume and Peronne Peronne Peronne Pe Pe- ronne and above Bapaume as far tar as ns Arras The Germans however concerned concerned concerned con con- with the southern flank at the Franco British Junction point concentrated concentrated concentrated concen concen- their most terrific blows against the Peronne Ham line relying on the necessity of an nn automatic BritIsh British British Brit Brit- ish withdrawal In the north If their line was bent or broken In the south Bapaume B was an obstacle on the northern side to capture which they sacrificed thousands of ot their best troops Rivers of blood were shed hed forthe forthe for forthe the towns town's possession in a combat that th lasted almost all night until the British finally yielded the ruins after having ha exacted a fearful price Kaiser Orders Jubilation The kaiser was with Field 1 Marshal von Hindenburg in Peronne surveying the bloody loody fields field where whore thousands of ot othis his best fighting men men were killed or maimed manned before the British finally with wIth- drew The emperor ordered a general 1 Jubilation throughout the empire rockets and flags and a holiday for tor the children being the chief symbols of celebration He conferred a gold Inlaid Inlaid inlaid In In- laid Iron cross on Hindenburg Wilhelm also sent dispatches to the empress telling of the progress made I by his armies |