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Show TRENCHES WIPED UUI 01 ISlL liillw Three Thousand Yards of Hin- denburg Line Disappears Before the Artillery. (From a Staff Correspondent of the Associated Press.) BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, via London, May 21, 6:40 p. m So completely did the British artillery ar-tillery do Its work beforp tho attack between Crolselles and Bullecourt that 3,000 yards of the HIndenburg line aro totally missing. This segment of tho German defenses was completoly wiped wip-ed out Airplane photographs taken May 1 show beautifully symmetrical zigzags, but the latest pictures taken contain no traco of the trenches. The support line also was badly "strafed," somo 0,000 yards of It now being In British hands, leaving tho GormanB holding tho remaining 2,000 yards. The HIndenburg HIn-denburg front line between the south end of tho captured trenches and Bullecourt Bul-lecourt is in diro danger, as it is flanked flank-ed on both sides by the British. The engagement was really made up of two attacks, one in the early morn Ing, when 70 prisoners were taken, and tho socond lato In the afternoon, tho two notting some 150 prisoners for the day's work In this sector. The German artillery's response was vory feeble and tho counter attacking barrage bar-rage during tho attack was particularly particular-ly weak. The Germans takon came mostly from tho 49th reserve division, which was recruited in tho region of Posen and Breslau. It camo to tho west front from Rumania in February. Three offlcors are among the prisoners. prison-ers. The. mon showed by word and aotlon that they were thoroughly tired of war. They had boen In the lino 21 days and constantly under tho BrltlBh shell Are. All of them said they never had seen anything llko tho artillory Are, nor did they doslro to experience it again. All that romalnB of the captured portions of the Hlndonburg line are cement and concrete machine gun om-placomonts. om-placomonts. An underground corridor parallels the support trench 35 feet below tho surfaco. Several Isolated posts aro Btlll standing stand-ing botweon the sceno of tho latest smash and tho Queant-Drocourt line. Thoso Include the villages of Rein-court Rein-court and Hondocourt and othor strong points In which tho Germans aro capable cap-able of putting up strong resistance. no |