Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-07-20 | Page 1 | British Take Valuable Point

Prince Rupprecht Will Not I I Underestimate Loss of an I Observation Ground. WITH THE BRITISH- ARMY IN. B ed Press.) The German high com- I I mand will not be pleased with th3 ' H news that the British captured a valu- ( I rl able piece of ground Meteren thi3 H morning. H It is a triflle compared with the big H events on the French front But Prince H Rupprecht will not under estimate tha , H loss of a position which now gives the H British an observation ground where H he might wish to keep his doings sec ( H Scottish troops made the assault i ( I which extended south of Meteren and in front of Morris. They formed with- j H out the Germnns getting a hint of lm ( ( H pending trouble and moved forward in H full daylight. ! It was nearly S o'clock in the monw ' H ing and tho Germans wero down iu j H cellars, with a false sense of security (j 1 1 H after the dawn lookout The Scots wero , H on them so rapidly after tho barrago ' , H that they wero unablo to organize a H machine gun defense, and fmost of , ' H them seemed to have surrendered eas- ( 1 The Australians with artillery help H which opened ahead of them, pounded H upon tho German outposts and in a 1 very short tlmo sent in seventy prison- H ors to add to tho sixty taken In the j H ruins of Meteren. j H