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Show LONDON, Sept. 18. The town of Hargicourt has been captured bv the British. The front under attack ran from Holnon wood west of St. Quentin northward to Gouzeaucourt. Tho British attack took them far nearer the line from which the Ger-mau Ger-mau offensive started on March 21 last The latest reports placed Field Marshal Haig's troops at an oven distance dis-tance of about a mile from this line. Prisoners to the number of 1500 are reported. Tho fighting was continuing this afternoon. LONDON, SepL IS. i:30 p. in (By the Associated Press.) In their attack today northwest of SL Quentin the British scored an average advance of from 2 to 3 m iles on a llfteen-mile llfteen-mile front, according to reports up to this hour. oo Eton (England) Hum! District Council Coun-cil haa protested ngalnst IJiitish ktbor bolnp mnployud to cmi'ty , cesspools, for German prisoners. |