Arizona republican., 1917-08-01
BRITISH AND
 FRENCH MAKE
 NOTABLE GAINS
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have been surprisingly light and the morale of the men continues at the highest pitch.
 The contact between the British and French armies has been constant and excellent. Late today it was reported that the Germans had begun heavy counter attack at the point where the entente allies forces join.
 The German front line trenches which had been torn to pieces by the preliminary bombardment, offered lit tie resistance, but once the allied forces had penetrated beyond them they met with fierce resistance at many points.
 Directly east of Zillebeke and again little to the north the British were temporarily held up by a heavy ma chine gun fire, but only temporarily, for the troops charged through the rain of lead and forced the Germans from their positions in hand to- hand fight ing.
 Again at a redoubt which was strongly held in the German line and defended by concealed guns the British were brought to a stand by machine gun fire. But they charged with bayo- nets and disloged the Germans. Ore of the most striking and spec 
 cured at the so-called Menin tunnel, a great underground fertilization con- structed by the Germans on the Menin road opposite Hodge. The British pre- limnary bombardment had forced the Germans to hold the line thinly here, and the British division which was to l attack at dawn lay out all night in shell holes within 25 yards of the Ger man line waiting for the signal to ad- vance.
 When the time arrived for the charge | and the British gunners had dropped a l protecting barrage on the German front trench ahead of the British troops it was seen that the Germans had talk en to their heels and were fleeing.
 The British. seeing their prey escap- 1 ing, went mad and charged directly through their own barrage fortunately without heavy casualty.
 The Menin tunnel which was expect ed to be occupied by several hundred | Germans was found to be held by only 41, the rest having retreated
 It was only at the second line that | the British met resistance. and here
 after sharp hand to- hand fighting they forced the Germans again to with
 draw
 No check has yet been made on tn,
 number of German prisoners captured
 but they are flowing in a steady stream
 pack of the British lines Many of those
 captured at the Menin tunnel and oth-
 CT points were mere boys.
 The tanks again played a prominent
 part in the opening of the battle, the
 reports from all sections of the Britisf
 front saying their work has been mos
 satisfactory Large numbers of thes,
 monsters were employed and in many
 cases pursued their destructive ant
 uncheckable way to distance fa1
 within the German lines Further in
 lormation obtained from German pris
 oners concerning the effects of tn
 6ritisn preliminary bombardment in
 r"ate that the effects of this unparaI
 leled expenditure of ammunition wer,
 disastrous in the extreme both in dam
 age and to the morale of the troops
 Within the past few days six Bavaria1 ulVlslons were withdrawn from tn
 me and replaced by fresh troops be
 cause they were so thoroughly demo rallzed by the inferno of fire whic
 they had undergone. Photographs talk eh by avlators back of the Germa ines show there was scarcely a squar yard of territory along their iron which was not devastated by the hig
 explosives. It is small wonder. ther that the Germons were holding thei
 front line thinly and were swept bac
 when finally the time arrived for in allied infantry to do it's work. In some places, the entente allies on countered strong resistance counter at tacKs rom the desperate Teutons. Between Dixmude and Roesingh the attacking forces are reported rave secured the two first lines of th herman trenches. after having fougI over the most difficult terrain imag napie que to marshes and inundate 'rcAs with which the section is blocked Ihe German front line about tn fpres salient which had been held m questioned by the enemy since the sear " daNs ot the war. offered little re issuance today to the British advanc put beyond these trenches the German made firm stand in an endeavor f stem the onslaught.
 The British again captured Ia Rasse Vine. on the Franco Belgian frontie wh,ch lew days ago they had occu pied and then relinquished. The Ger
 mans made heavy counter attac
 nere Tn an attempt to regain the posi- ton. but the British flung them of
 ana began consolidating the groun won Many prisoners already are findin
 lnelr way back of the allied line, Ihese men report that the unprece dented artillery pranoro+;o,. n.I: =