The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-20
BRITISH BREAK
 GERMAN SRD LINE
Tn Great smash Gain Much Ground, Take Prisoners and Repulse toun- teG- Aitacks-CatalrN Gels
 Into the Fight

London. July i6 British troops captured Che whole of Belieyiile Woods and penetrated the German shird line for the first time since she Allies great offensive began. in q smashing blow north Of the Som Ene yesterday
 The whole of the Bazeniin-Le Petit Wood southeast of the im- portani Nartinpuch height. also fell into the hands of the British. who repulsed two counter-attacks al this point aud captured. among the pris- oners. the commander Of a Bavari- an regiment with his whole stan
 Advancing east of Oviliers. the fBritish fought their way Co the out Skirts af inc village of Pozieres, sseNen and Gne-half miles southeast ,1f &sasaaume. on the Albert highway. General Haig. in announcing these and other important suceesses in diSpatch made public just before midnieht reported that British cav airy has been in action against the sSernaans for the first time since t9if A squadron of draeoon guards senuaped and defeated a German de- fachment at the De Faureaux Wood where the eaemy's third line was nennirated m a furious fight
 Hope In Cavalry Report
 The news that cavalry has taken part in the great battle of the som me aroused high hopes in London 1t was taken Co mean that the Brit dsh advance now threatens Co cause a breach in the German lines before Bapanme that will permit cavalry forces to be hurled into action with telling effect in the rolling country Of picardy
 Heavy fighting continues on the whole pOgieres- -6uilamOnt sector of f12G and one-half miles. General 8sKse reported.
 Clouds Hinder Flyers
 Indictment weather during the Hast forty-eight hours has hampered the work of the British aeroplanes. General Haig reported The clouds have seldom heen higher than 800 feet above the battle ground. but despite that handicap British flyers have executed several destructive raids
 \ German train was deraiied. Three Fokkers and three biplanes were destroyed and another Fokker fWS driven down and damaged. Brit ssh planes returned in safety.
 0alalry Surprised Them.
 British Front in France, July i5. After the breach was made in the second German line yesterday. cav airy attachments, English and In- dian for the first time had the re- ward Of their long waih since the trench warfare began. They went straight ln the face of the Germans, who were forming n new defense &iIte between the strong lines Of HiQhwood and Belleville Wood which the British infantry was att tarkinp.
 li was 7;30 o'clock in the evening <>uNer where they were waiting Or- x1egS io cross the fields. after their patrols had felt the way They had rtear going ahead and behind them the demolished trenches Of the first and second lines and an area of shell holes. Iniantrymen who wit uesSei tue sight could hardly be- faese fher eyes.
 Charged Thru and Back.
 When Germans with automatic snifleS, which are virtually portable nnachlne guns, blazed from wheat Held the dragoon guards set their s&anreS and charged, wheeled and rosie back thru them, as might have been eime in the Napoeonic war. Thus Tor the nrst time in eighteen Ettsa&hs of continuous warfare on the western front, with it's continu- GUS payOnettink, bombing, gdssiSie and smelling, an enemy was impaled uy korseman. The surviving Ger mans who had not forgotten their Arlil, tried to receive the horsemen 6n hew sweep back with the bay s9nef
 N another point as the cavalry swept across the wheat fields the surprise of the Germans was mani- fest. The cavalry went ahead un- tIl they found the infantry had not yet taken Belleville and Highwood and were signaled to fall back and dig sn until relieved bv the infan- Ary, They brot back more than 30 prisoners survivors after their ssharges.
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