Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-27
Germans Are Driven Out
After All Adjacent Points
Lost to Teutons.
IMMENSE QUANTITY
OF STORES TAKEN
British and French Troops Sweep on.
Taking Strong Position on Somme
Front-Bcrlin Admits Defeat.
Pointing to IIerOism OF Soldiers,
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COMPLIES, the pivotal point in the
German line guarding the APPROACH to
bapanme ON the north and Peronne
on the south of the Somme front. has
fallen before the terrific attacks by
the British and French.
| Inc Germans, fighting to the death.
are surrendering only when there is
no longer hope. French and British
troops from three sides, after the CAP
ture of Morval and Fregicourt broke
! thru the Germans defensesf overrao
the town and carried everything he
fore them.
Inc place, marvel of subterran-
can passages and powerful fortifca-
tlons, mad been caught in the grip of
the entente allies, who came from
the north and the south, had already
advanced behind the town, and had
cut off all communication with the
rear of the German army, except for
the narrow strip which was covered
by the allies guns. At the end of
the fighting, the town was filled with
the bodies of Germans who had fall
en- in the defense of the positions, the
Prior TO loss of Combles. the eff
feet of the victory of the French and
British armies in the capture Of this
important stretegic point was re-
Elected in the official communication
issued by the German war office,
which, after describing briefly the
great artillery bombardment by the
entente allies, lasting four days and
extending between Ancres and the
somme, admits that "the conquest Of
the villages on the line of the Guede-
court must be recognized" and adds
"but before all, we must think of
our heroic troops, who faced the
united Anglo-French principal forces
and the massed employment of ma
terials of the whole worlds war in
dustry, prepared during many
months"
Both Thiepval at the northwest end
of the British line, and the fortified
town of Guedecourt northwest of
Les Boeufs, also have fallen into the
hands of the British. Around the
former place, many hard battles have
been fought since the inception of
the great entente offensive on July
l. Gen. Sir Douglas Haig's men,
after the capture of Thiepval, drove
the Germans back considerable dis
lance and took the Zollern redoubt, a
strongly fortified position which lies
between Thiepval and d bend in the
British line at Courcelette.
The French likewise advanced be-
yond Fregicourt and captured woods
between that village and Morval, and
the greater part of the German forti-
fled position lying between this wood
eastward across the Bethune road to
the western portion OF st. Vast nip
ping off another portion Of the Ger
man line Of communications on the
south of Bapaume.
The German casualties in the fight
ing are described by Paris as having
been heavy and in addition during the
two days fighting more than 1920
Germans were made prisoners by the
French, while the British took in ex-
cess of 1900. Large quantities Of
booty, including machine guns, were
taken by the entente allies.
While Petrograd continues silent in
regard to operations on the eastern
front, both Berlin and Vienna tell of
the repulse of strong Russian at
tacks in Volhynia, Galicia and the Car
pathian mountain region.
On the Rumanian front, the Aus
TRANS and Germans have been COM
PEELED to evacuate Vulkan and Sur
duk passes in the Transylvania1 Alps,
in order to avoid an extensive en-
circling movement started by the Ru-
manians.
Sofia reports the capture Of the
Amzerrech-Pe line in Dobrudja,
from the Russians and Rumanians,
who retired northward.
Raids by air craft on Teutonic al
lies since Saturday night have result
ed in the deaths of 139 persons, "a
in England and IS in Bucharest, Ru-
mania. A large number of persons
were injured in both regions by the
explosion of bombs dropped from Zep-
penis and aeroplanes.
The situation in Greese is still in
tense. Former Premier Venizelos is
on his way to Crete, supposedly to
take charge of the insurrecti0nists.
with the intention of forcing the king
and the government to agree to the
entry by Greece into the war on the
side of the entente allies. Unofficial
advices from Athens express the be-
lief that the cabinet will declare war
against the Teutonic al
lies.