Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-19

straight for the great hedges of barbed
Wire and drove straight through them,
leaving broad lines of broken strands
One cruised into Wancourt. followed
from a distance by the cheers of the
infantry. 1t trampled upon machine gun
redoubts and fired into the German
hiding places.
"A second tan struck a zig Zag
course for Heninel and in that village
swept down numbers of German sol
dlers. For 40 hours these two tanks did
not rest. Even then our men had Q
easy fighting. as the enemy defended
themselves stubbornly in places"
London, April 16.-In the direction OF
station, Lachaudiere. and enemy posi-
lions between Givenchy-Fn-Gohell
and Angres. Progress was also made
north of the Bapaume-Cambrai road.
The village of Faye, one mile north
west of st. Quentin. has been captured
by the British after a, sharp fight, ac-
cording to an official statement issued
by the war office.
The important positions Of Ascencion
farm n Grand Priel farm. a Of LIE
Nerguier, were also captured. Anon
the guns captured by the British We're
four howitzers of eight-inch calibe..
'1GCn1 FI1T1 ING tn Ell.
Paris. April 16.-Artillery fighting
continues with marked intensity in the
Champagne, the war office
french patrols were active and brought
back prisoners. South of st. Quentin
there were heavy artillery actions.
TRENCH FIGHTING ENDS.
British Headquarters in France, April
l6.-(From a staff correspondent Of the
Associated Press.)-It is not without
difficulty hat one comes to a reali-
cation that semi-open warfare has re-
placed the old deep trench fighting on
the greater part of the British front 1t
is difficult ever for the fighting men
actually to grasp the situation, a stu
alton for which they have waited SO
long. The Germans possibly feel the
change more than any n else, for
above all things they love their under
ground warfare. The Germans were
the first to transfer fighting to bitches
and they are reluctantly giving up hat
style of warfare.
Losses Small; Speed Great.
The losses in the recently inaugu-
rated operations, which continue to
widen with time, have been SO much
smaller than one would naturally ex-
pect in attacks upon such strong posi-
tons as those from which the Germans
have been driven, that the army au-
thorities are fairly jubilant. Another
gratifying feature of the fighting has
been the speed with which the British
troops nave everywhere attained OBJ
iects. Driving the Germans from posi-
tons which they had held for two
years has given the army a higher
fighting spirit thar it ever had before.
German Staff Puzzled.
That the German staff clearly is
troubled by the progress of events
since Monday is the testimony OF
newspaper correspondents at British
headquarters in France They say the
German attempts to regain lost posi-
tons have been feeble and that the sit
uation has become full of uncertainty
for the Germans. Their calculations,
it is added, have been upset by the
speed and perseverance with which the
initial British advance was followed up.
THE GERMAN REPORT.
Berlin, April 16-"Northeast of Arras
and on the River Scarpe there was a
pause in the fighting yesterday" says
the official statement issued today by
! the German army headquarters staff.
"On both banks of the River Somme,"
the statement adds, enemy forces
! again advanced on our st. Quentin po-
sition. The attack failed under heavy
losses. The British lost three officers
and 800 men in u hands.
Further attacks We're made at
Croiselles and Buliecourt.'' says the an
n~ouncement. The British, after violent
artillery fire, several times vainly at
tackled. In a counter thrust we inflicted
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