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Show f ! En Complete Batteries of 1 Howitzers and Trencli I Mortars Captured. I BRITISH ADVANCING J ! Tired German Division? j j Rushed Back Into j Action. j WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IX FRANCE, Aug. 2-1. (By the Associated R Press) A large number of cannon, H! ; including complete batteries of how- Itzers and trench mortars have been m captured north of the Somme. Im- 1 mediately south of the river the Bri- I ' tish have taken twelve cannon. Il I Willi THE BRITISH ARMY IN ' FRANCE, August 21th y(By the I ! Associated Press) The village of Iji Behagnies, two miles and a half north ft J 'of Bapaume on the Bapaume-Arras Kl I highway, has been reached by tho Bri- 1 tish. British forces arc operating east D ' of Bihucourt within two miles and a m , half of Bapaume, on the wcsl H j British forces are reported to havo 1 1 I reached points east of Henin, on the I j j Cojeul river, five miles southeast of I 1 j Arras. Thoy are in the outskirts of I ! St. Leger, further south, and have j captured Ervillers, two miles cast of , Courcelles. They are still advancing. ( The battle continued successfully jj ! for the Allied armies last night. The j I British advanced everywhere and the i I enemy suffered heavy defeats. J Achiet-le-Grand was reported taken j late yesterday after heavy fighting. j Tho British advanced beyond Bi- 1 jhucourL R ! British Driving Confused Germans B j At the same time the British were R ; still driving the confused Germans be- El I ; fore them east of Henin and further U south at St. Leger and Ervillers. 1 i Sharp fighting has taken place along 1 the Irles-Grevlllei's road. The Ger- I mans arc clinging to Miraumont on I i the Ancre northwest of Albert, fight- 1 I ing desperately. R J German prisoners say that it was I expected that the British would stop 1 at the Arras-Albert railroad and the I unexpected success against them had R .confused the Gemiar. forces. Eg J Tired Divisions Rushed Back I Tired and depleted German divis- B 'j i ions, that had been withdrawn from I '1 : the battle since August 8. are being 0 ( j rushed back into the fight. Troops 1 : from the enemy's reserve divisions, Dj 'which had been held for counter-at- tacks, also have appeared along the Ifi rronl. j I J British advance troops at one time ; last night reached Sapignes, just ! north of Bapaume, but they were I j I pushed back slightly by an enemy ! .counter-attack. They are reported to J , be re-attacking this village. Behag- inies, just to the north, has been tak- en. , i Armies Capture 30,000 Men I , The Third and Fourth British ar- J mies have since August S captured j 'f . more than 30,000 men. Two thousand j were taken yesterday south ot the j Somme. The British Fourth army has V I j captured nearly 5,000 in the last two 111 ! days. The prisoners counted since III August S, total 30,1-lG men and 59S t officers. ij ; North of the Somme a large numbor Of guns haio been captured. They in- ijll j elude complete batteries of howitzers jjlift and trench mortars. Immediately BJj 'south of the Somme 120 guns havo Mm j been taken by tho British. Wjffi ' South of the Somme 1,000 Germans tljU; 'were killed in one combat. Thoy K wore closely huddled in front of the British instead of being in the cus- il k tomary open order. Tho Allied cas-i j ft ualties are very small. j ff. |