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Show British Attack Pressed All Along Line From Cambrai ' f to Lens. INTENSE BATTLES ON Airplanes Discover German Troop Trains Big Guns 10 Miles Away Destroy Them. WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN PRANCE, April 10, via London, 2 p. m. (From a staff correspondent of the Associated As-sociated Press.) Under blinding snow squalls with Intermittent flashes of sunshine, the British pressed their attack at-tack against tho Germans today all along tho line from a point south of Cambrai to the vicinity of Lens. So much booty was taken in the first rush of this new assault that It has not all been reported, but It Is said a large number of guns were captured. Yesterday's fighting and gains far surpassed the first days of the battle of the Somme last July. The Canadians Cana-dians today command tjie "Vimy ridge and are reported to be well beyond it at some points. More villages were captured today in the direction of Cambrai and the fighting fight-ing there Is Intense Clearing weather yesterday afternoon after-noon prompted the airplanes to detect German trains moving toward the rail head, apparently for a counter-attack-on Vimy ridge. This fact was reported to the artillery and all long range guns for ten miles around were concentrated suddenly on the indicated point in what probably constituted a new record rec-ord for long distance barrage fire with heavy guns. Thus tho plans for a counter attack were absolutely destroyed de-stroyed before the reserve troops could detrain. |