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Show UU THIRD LINE OF I a npoiPBTinififino nm a irrmiT to Tremendous Assault on anj Eight-Mile Front British Artillery Most Powerful. London, July 30. After an artillery artil-lery bombardment so terrible that the advanced stations of the German third line were swept away, the British and French this morning smashed forward for-ward in a tremendous assault on a front of eight miles. From east of Dehille wood to the Somme the blow was struck and wholo systems of trenches, the work of months, werei carried. Groat loBses wore inflicted on tho Germans, who In tho afternoon rallied in a series of terrific counter-attacks according to official dispatches from the scone of conflict. More than 500 prisoners wore found In the shattered ditches and dugouts. The most pronounced gains were made by the British. Men from tho homeland and the colonies, Irish and Indians combined in the great thrust 1 heae troops smashed forward beyond the Waterlot farm, Trones wood and the Maltzorn farm, formerly more outposts out-posts of tho BrltiBh iront, breaking well beyond the frontiers of the German Ger-man third line and establishing themselves them-selves In strong positions. French Victorious. On the British right the French, attacking at-tacking simultaneously on a front from a height northeast of Hardecourt to the river, carried a German trench system on a front for a distance, at one point, of three and one-half miles, seized a foothold in Maurepas and conquered con-quered a wood and powerfully fortified quarry north of Hem. Street fighting is now going on in Maurepas. a village stronghold wlrch has wlthstool until the Dresent all as saults. Today's victory puts the Franco-British Franco-British allies in a position to striko a powerful blow at Combles, tho strong Gorman point of support between 15a-paume 15a-paume and Peronne. It also marks a further advance of the wedge whlcti is being driven Into the kaiser's front between these two key positions of the 100-mile Noyon salient. The British are continuing their "nibbling" tactics on other soctlons of the front stretchlnir down in Hip sea. Canadian Infantry took a "bito" out of the German trenches south of Ypres during the night, while Irish troops carried out a successful raid in the Loos salient. Repulse Reported. Berlin reports the repulse of tentative tenta-tive night attacks by the British In the Poziores section, while Goneral Halg, in a dispatch tonight, says there was no fighting thereabout during the day. oo |