The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30
Allies Reach Hill DOminat-
ing Railways Serving
Vimy Trenches.
BERLIN SAYS BRITISH
ATTACK BROKE DOWN
War Office Announces Re-
capture of Ground
Near LOOS.
Special Cable Despatcb 10 Tar stN.

h'i's 7NpNs ib-'bN' Nut IllH
day of the British and French offen-
sive, the War Office announced that
the German casualties In killed,
wounded and prisoners are in excess
Of three army corps. or 100000 men.
The amount of booty is enormous.
Already seventy-nine cannon have
been taken to the rear of the French
lines with mass of uucounted ma
terial. including rifles, machine guns.
ammunition and supplies.
The battle continued to-day with
out respite. In Artois the French
, troops pressed forward step by step
until they had reached the dominate
ing height known as Hin 40 and the
extensive orchards to the south. This
hill. the highest IN tn" vicinity. COM
mands a great eXpanse of country to
the north and east, and once the
French guns are placed on its summit
the German communications for
miles around will be impcr,llcd.
In Champagne the struggle con-
t!rues no less furIously. French
troops are gradually making their
way up the Tahure heights and are
closing in along the approaches to
the village itself These heights. like
the crest of Hill 40 in Artois, Will
afford the French guns a clear sweep
toward the German communications
Mt the rear and will make it possible
To SO embarrass the German opera
tions that "A continued defence of that
region will De very difficult work.
Rrsisiauce IL Furious.
East Of Tahure and north of Massges,
where the fighting yesterday was more
bitter than that at any other point ON
the entire front, the French made fresh
gains to-day in spite of the furious re-
sistanoe offered by the Germans, There
is no doubt about the character of this
( resistance. The Germans are in the
stiffest fighting Yet met by them in the
west
The night communidue was as fol-
lows:
The battle continued all day. ON IN,
heights between SoucheZ and Vimy
! we held all the new positions con-
quered.
In Champagne the battle progresses
with as great violence as ever in front
| OF the positions to which the enemy
| fell back and for the reduction OF
! the salient north 81 Mesnil, where some
German detachments still hold out. We
advanced on the slopes Of the Tahure
! height and along the approaches to the
village as well as to the north o.
/ Massiges where the hombardmcut and
| reply We're very violent.
There was also a violent lombard
ment in ihe Lee Pretre forest and IN
the Apremont forest
The afternoon communlquG was as
follows:
The reports which are coming 10
| hand make it possible to record each
! day more fully the importance of the
| success obtained by our recent often
sive movement in the Champagne dis
4 trict combined with that of the allied
/ troops in the Artois district
The Germans have not only been
! compelled to abandon along an eX-
4 tended front certain positions. strongly
/ intreuChed, I'm the defence Of which
they had been ordered to resist to the
! very end, but they have suffered losses
the total OF which in killed, wounded
and prisoners amounts to more than
/ the en- CtlNe strength OF three army
J corps CI20, 600 men). The total mum
Der Of prisoners is at the present time
! in excess of $4,000 men. the numbcr
OF cannon brought to our rear Is sew
| enty-nine. Seventeen thousand and
hfty-fve private soldiers and 3l6 OIL
| GERS, taken prisoner by us. already
! have gone through the town %
! Chalons on their way to tho points
where they are TO be intcrned.
Organized efforts are at present un-
der way TO clear up the field Of battc
and to take definite count Of the arms
OF all kinds and of the war material
belonging TO the artillery and Infantry
branches which the enemy has been
! compelled to abandon to us.
! In the Artois district the progress
reported yesterday to the east OF
SoucheZ continued yesterday evening.
and in the course of last night after "a
stubborn engagement We reached lin
| No 40, the eliminating point Of the
crests of Nimy and the orchards to the
south of this point The number of
| unwounded prisoners made by us in
the course OF this fighting Is more
than 800 the men belonging mostly
to the two divisions OF the guard
In the Champagne district the fight
lrg il going on without respite along
the entire front In the region t. the
north Of Massiges, further in, groups
OF Germans have surrendered, I'm this
sector alone the total of prisoners last
evening reached 1000
Thero has been no other important