Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-07-21
ALLIES USING
NUTCRACKER
French Deliver Blow Which
Give Them A Perfect
Link
TAKE 1900 TEUTONs
Terrific Attacks Made by FreLct on
Both Sides of Somme-.Englisil
Gain 1000 Yards

London, July 21-General Haig's
forces continued their victorious push
against the German lines today, driv-
ing out of the ForeauX wood north
of Bazentin and Longueval, German
detachment which had gained an en-
try there after counter attack.
London, July 21-The German
crown prince invented the nut cracker
style of attack, where encircling arms
strove to squeeze out resistance about
given section, but it has remained
for the Franco-British offensive to
put this style of offensive to another
use.
Briefly, the scheme is to advance
wedge-the fulcrum OF the nut
cracker-and then push outward two
arms from this wedge.
The Germans squeezed an opened
nut cracker together; the allies are
opening closed nut cracker.
Such a scheme is in operation to-
day in the Peronne sector, the british
swinging forward their arm of the
nut cracker with terrific attacks in
Longueval and Delville wood and the
French pressing forward south OF
Peronne.
London, July 21-The French corps
of General Foch yesterday cut great
cash in the German front south Of
the Somme on q front of seven miles
Last night their lines reached
the river at one point, while in a
late afternoon attack, delivered along
front of two and half miles from
Estrees to Vermandovillers, the i'm
bortant height which bears the name
of the latter place was carried, to-
gether with the German first line
trenches abng the entire front OF at
tack.
In simultaneous attack north OF
the Somme the French pushed for
ward from their Observation-Disclosures
line to the very banks of the stream.
Still further to the northward, on the
front held by British, General HalgI
struck a sturdy blow north OF the,
acknowledgement front.
The English troops are driving
through the German lines for more
than half mile. :,
The gains yesterday are equaled
only by those of the first days of the
Picardy battle. The dash of the
French, especially, and the terrific
mower of the artillery is. indicated by
the fact that in the course of only
few hours 1900 Germans were taken
prisoners. The losses inflicted accord
ino TO documents discovered by the
advancing troops, must be tremend-
ous Several battalions have been
practically wiped out, while for the
% days' offensive the German casual
ties in killed and wounded alone are
estimated at. more than 100000. OF
nris:oners the French and British hold
more than 10000.
On the British. sectors especially
violent fighting is being waged TO-
night in the blood-soaked Delville
wood and among the ruins of Long
ueval. The British are steadily re-
gaining the ground lost at these
points, General .Haig wires, while the
German War Office lends official con-
frmation to his statement.
The French yesterday morning
launched their first attacks simultane-
ouslv on both sides Of the Somme.
North of the river they drove for
ward on the Herbecourt-M t-Mamelon
front. while south of the stream they
launched an extensive attack on a
Inc stretching from Barleux to Soye
court. The initial movements met
with stern resistance by the Germans.
So important did the German grand
headquarters consider these opera
tions that the officsial communication
usually issued early in the; morning
was held up for hours, until word OF
: the results of the attack could be OBJ
tanned. The Germans at first succeed
: ed in holding their own, their state
, ment indicates, but later the tide
! turned to he French and they made