Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-12
TT GOES WELL"
FRENCH ALLSAY
Gaining More Prisoners Than
Their Total Losses; Bring
Up Shells

Press Camp. British Army in France
July g., via London, July II. - 1T
goes WELL" said General Foch, re-
ceiving the Associated Press corre-
spondent, who came across from the
British lines to see something of the
French part in the battle of the
Somme.
1T goes WELL" was the phrase heard
from French officers and soldiers.
General Fochs quickness and deci-
sion of manner singularly expresses
the French spirit. While France was
withstanding the blows of the Ger
mans at Verdun and all the world
looked in that direction, he was secret
ly preparing sledgehammer blow in
conjunction with the British in that
part of the line hitherto conspicuous
for its quiet
1--WE were here and we went there.
gaining more prisoners than our
tctal losses" he said as turning to a
map on the wall in the sitting room Of
the chateau which serves as his head
quarters, he swept his finger from the
former French line toward the salient
formed by turn in the Somme where
the Germans have their backs to the
river in front of Peronne. The ges-
ture represented a depth of four miles,
the largest gain the French have
made on the western front since the
trench warfare began.
More to Come
And there is more to come" he
added.
A note from his chief of staff, thanks
to a note from British headquarters,
meant the freedom of the lines which,
by the elation of the features of every
man whom the correspondent saw,
was in winning mood. Itwas an army
of movement, an army stretching its
| legs an dts imaginations, which had
taken to the road in advance.
| Big guns which were silent and
other big guns, slowly grumbling,
were drawn forward by big tractors
along routes thick with traffic. Max
| ing many turns in trying to compass
som ething of the whole, the correspon-
dents car proceeded, occasionally hav-
ing an interval of a few hundred yards
of clear way, to make up ror the time
| lost when blocked by a glut of trans
port. Railways trains were unloading
more shells at the bases; shells were
being stacked beside the roads and in
the fields; new roads were building;
lines of light railway were being ex-
tended. There was the same scene OF
prodigious industry as back of Verdun
| but this time, instead of being on the
! defensive, it was overf1owing or
ground taken in the offensive.
Plentiful Supply of Shells
Are we down hearted? Mo-" call
ed soldier in good English
Passing oB GERS and men exchanged
joyful congratulations. No one seem
ell to care how covered with mud he
was or how unshaven, so long as he
had something to eat.
The supply of shells was kept or
top. Bearded veterans were using the
debris left by the Germans to make
themselves comfortable or to secure
their new trenches, or where nigh
found them.
Yes, I speak English" said ar
officer. 81 come from New York. WhC
was saying that France had no punch
left? Well, what do you think o
this?"
Some four or five hundred prison
ers taken the previous night anC
waiting to be marched to the railroad
station, were human Jumps of ute
exhaustion asleep on the ground. Al
expressed the same astonishm ent tha
the French should develop such ;
sudden and determined attack in tina
quarter.