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Show FIERCE FIGHT!! I ON WIDE FRONT I British Capture German Po- B sitions in Region Between H Cambrai and St. Quentin. M SUCCESSFUL RAIDS H Enemy's Dugouts Bombed H and Defenses Damaged H Machine Guns Rake ' M Germans. j H LONDON, April 13, 1: 48 p. m.Ger- H man positions on a wide front havo f been captured by the British after se- IH vere fighting, the war office announc- jH The front attacked extended from a IH point north of Hargicourt to the vil- H lage of Metz en Couture. H It is nine miles from Hargicourt to H Metz en Couture. This sector is on H the new front between Arras and St. i.ll Quentin, where the Germans took up positions after retirement. M British Capture Town. Il The British captured the town and TH wood of Geuzeaucourt, Gauche wood '1 and Sart farm. iM Tho announcement follows: ' IH "We attacked last night in the re- jH gion between St. Quentin and Cam- JH brai. After sharp fighting we captured 1H the enemy's positions on a wide front j from north of Hargicourt to Metz en H Couture. We now hold Sart farm. H Gauche wood, Gouzeaucourt village H and Gouzeaucourt wood. ,H "During the night our troops carried if out a successful raid southwest of jl Loos. The enemy's dugouts were H bombed and considerable damage was j done to his defenses. In the neigh- jH borhood of Ploegsteert a hostile raid- ing party came under our machine gun jH fire, failing to reach our trenches." |