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Show Canadian, Scottish and London Troops Attack at 3 A. M. on Both Sides of the Scarpe. LONDON, Aug. 26. The full text of Field Marshal Halg's report from British Brit-ish headquarters in France tonight reads : "At 3 o'clock this morning Canadian. Scottish and London troops attacked on both sides of the Scarpe river from Croisilles to tho neighborhood of Gravelle. On the south bank of the river Canadian divisions, attacking with great gallantry, passed rapidly through the enemy's foremost defenses defens-es and captured the high ground known as Orange hill in the first rush of their assault. "Despite heavy rain storms the Canadian Ca-nadian troops pressed on and at an early hour reached Vancourt and Mou-chy-le-Preux. "During the morning the rain censed. cens-ed. Those troops completed the capture cap-ture of both villages and have made progress beyond them. "Meanwhile, north of the Scarpe Scottish troops, advancing once more over the ground on which they fought in 1017, carried the German first defensive de-fensive system south of Gavrelle. reaching the outskirts of Rooux. The chemical works north of Roeux are again in our possession. "On the right of the Canadians, the Scottish and London troops, who during dur-ing the preceding days had fought their way forward toward Croisilles and Heninel, continued their attacks. Although they met with vigorous resistance re-sistance from parties of German infantry in-fantry and machine gunners, they havei made substantial progress and have completed the capture of the high ground between Croisilles and Heninel. Heni-nel. In this new sector of attack many prisoners have been tnken by us during dur-ing the day. "On the southern portion of t,hc battle bat-tle front our adance has continued on both sides of the Sommc. Australian, troops have taken Cappy and have' made progress east of the village. TCnrth nf (ho 3nmmr Mm., tioua nn . tered Suzanne. "Further north, English troops have pushed forward in the direction o'f Montauban and Welsh troops have captured Bazentin lc Grand. "On tho remainder of tho battle front fighting has taken place at a number of points. Our pressure has everywhere been maintained and our line has been advanced In certain sec-tore." sec-tore." Bapaume Must Fall. Bapaume itself must fall shortly. Meanwhile some of the heaviest fighting of the war is going on in this section of the battle front for the Germans Ger-mans are loath to part with the town which has great strategic value. Warlencourt, an important position Just south of Bapaume on the road to Albert, which has been widely crossed, was taken by the British after a bitter struggle in which the Germans suffered suf-fered very severe losses. Great numbers of the enemy were captured during the day, among them a large party of the Third German naval division. So fast was the British advance last night and today that it is impossible to be certain where the front lines will be located from one hour to the next, THOUSAND YARD GAINS. (By Associated Press ) WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. 25. On some parts of the northern battle front the British have reached points a thousand yards from the old Hindenburg line, which seems strongly held. i In addition to crossing the Albert-Bapaume Albert-Bapaume road at many places, the British have made progress southward for a considerable distance, with the cavalry advancing In front of the infantry. in-fantry. Sapignies is completely in British I hands after hard fighting. St. Leger was captured and left far behind. After having once been reported re-ported in Croisilles, the British withdrew with-drew to the outskirts. The Germans counter-attacked heavily and the British Brit-ish retired to the edge of the town and poured shells into the place, while pressing forward on the sides. This practice of withdrawing from any placo whore heavy counter-attacks are being delivered, then shelling the area and driving past to the north and south, eventually getting into a position posi-tion somewhere near the rear, has given giv-en wonderful results, not only in saving sav-ing British troops but in netting large numbers of prisoners or killing Germans. Ger-mans. Severe Fighting in Progress. At Neuville-Vitasse and almost up to the Scarpe, tho line at last reports received at headquarters ran through the outskirts of the village and severe fighting was In progress there. The Bapaume-Peronne road was attacked by British armored cars which during the past twenty-four hours hav9 been performing -wonderful service, scout-j Ing Tar ahead of the Infantry. Some of them have dashed through the '-oun-try, overtaking retreating enemy transport columns and inflicting terrible terri-ble damage upon them and bodies of troops with their machine guns. Co-operating with the armored cars, the tanks again have bcn in action, some rolling into towns in advance of t!ic infantry, sweeping over debris and finishing off enemy strong points in the face of a perfect delug;- of fire. Many Return to Line. Mrny tanks returned to tholr line with all paint shot off their steel sides by machine gun bullets. At some points the Germans approached the tank as soon as they saw them, with hanis high nbovo their head?, fearfully fearful-ly shouting "Kamernd!" When Thiepval ridge fell Into British Brit-ish hands yesterday troops pressed forward at both sides and large numbers num-bers of Germans were pinched- They promptly threw away their helmets and other equipment and, without even guards, walked toward the British Brit-ish rear. In the neighborhood of Thiepval a British detachment during dur-ing the early part of the advance managed to reach Pys, but found itself surrounded on all sides by the enemy. An airplane saw the detachment's plight and dropped a message "Stick it," and soon nfter heavy British formations for-mations attacked at this point and drove off the Germans, rolieving their hard-pressed comrades. Since then Bys has been left -well behind. Pozieres. southeast of Thiepval Thiep-val fell this morning and later Mametz was occupied, as well as Martlnpuich. There was no signs of the boche around Martlnpuich, although just to the south bitter fighting continues. Taking Advantage of Craters. Everywhere tho Bocho is taking advantage ad-vantage of shell craters and these ready-made strong points have in many places caused considerable trouble trou-ble before being silenced. The craters west of LaBoisselle were especially troublesome. One largo one there, nfter holding out for several hours, fell during tho night, while other smaller holes were silenced at daybreak. day-break. The worst of this shell crater country coun-try now is being passed at many points however, and there Is a prospect that tho ground may be more favorable to the British. It seems certain that the Germans have brought up fresh troops, but it is in the rear. It is problematical whether wheth-er the German high command intends to throw them into battle now or to use them to hold the line to which the enemy is now being driven. Allied Prisoners Released. Among the prisoners taken in today's to-day's and last night's fighting, which progressed under a brilliant moon, are many Saxons. The officers among these, in comparison with the Prussians Prus-sians who apparently care not for sucn things, as soon as they got to the cages stripped thomselves and asked for water with which to bathe from their upturned shrapnel helmets. Alsatians Al-satians also appeared in the prisoners' cages. Happier men than these it would be hard to find anywhere. They fell on their captors, embraced them and spoke in French of being "liberated." "liberat-ed." They pulled pictures of their fathers, fath-ers, dressed in the French uniform ot 1S70, from hidden pockets and exhibited exhib-ited them proudly. They said that all the Alsatians had been placed in Gorman Gor-man regiments. Families Are Punished. "It goes hard with us if we are caught deserting," said one youth. "If it is ever found out that anybody deserts de-serts his family is punished and even his female relatives arc sent to dig in the front line and other trenches." One of the prisoners said he was carrying food to an advanced post when the British appeared. He cried "We surrender" and he. with the men in the post, gave themselves up. Fight Without Food. Prisoners taken when Miraumont fell after a brave resistance by its garrison, said thoy had been flghtiug for three days without food. The high ground east, northeast of Bray has been captured and the Australians Aus-tralians here are pushing forward. One force is now nearing Longueval and more Germans may be penned up. Hlghwood, a strong position in this general locality which was lined withj machine guns, has been reported cap-! tured, probably by a flanking movement move-ment and a largo number of machine, guns have fallen into British hands here as well as many at other places.! Many thousands of machine guns hae been taken away from the Germans1 during the past two days. oo |