Evening journal., 1917-07-30
What England Has Done
Since Fighting Started

towards Thiepvsl, from Mouuuet Farm
TO Posieres. DEVILS Wood as the
South Africans called Delvllle Wood,
was taken literally a foot at n time
and held despite Internal shell fire.
The British would not let so.
in September they got their reward.
They lad gained to the crest of the
deadly ridge and then with one
swoop almost. they captured village
after village Guillemont. Ginchy.
Flers. Martinpuich. Courcelette, Cue
decourt Lesboeufs, Morval and
Thiepval.
On the 18th Of this month the Tanks
went into action for the first time.
On that day the famous official mes
sage Of an airman read:
"A tank is walking up tho High
street OF Flers with the British Army
cheering behind it,
And Il was a fact complete sur
prise to the Germans they crawled
over trenches and trees. shell crsters
and the walls of ruined villages start
ling hundreds of the enemy into sur
render all by themselves.
Combles was abandoned by the
Germans during September the Brit
ish entering before daylight from the
north, the French from the south. the
two allies meeting in the center OF
the town and shaking hands This was
the first town of the war to be given
up without a fight owing TO Franco
! British pressure.
! During October. in the drizzle. the
! British took Eaucourt rAbbaye and
lie Sars. November was wet and
4 soggy and during the short lull which
{ came in the lighting about this time
4 the Germans boosted that the British
Q Army had spent itself and was ne
(. longer dangerous. The reply was one
J. OF the most brilliant victories Of tn,
j. war the capture OF Beaumont Hamel
n one Of the solidest OF Hindenburga
y strong points, along with Beaucourt
d ST. Pierre-Divion and 1000 prisoners
e Besides these and other towns AM
a villages taken by the British ha
IS fallen an incredible number OF posi-
r tons. the capture of any one of wnic
e In previous wars would have made
z generals reputation. During the frs
i five months OF Somme fighting fe
n the Windmill beyond Pozieres, Mot
q quet Farm, STUFF and Schwaben Re
). doubts the Quadri'ateral north {
G Flers. the other one near High Woo
o High Wood itself. Mametz Wood an
Fricourt Delville. Angle Wedge. Aci
J. Drop. Arrow Head and other wood
q and strong points. all intcrlocking an
S making their capture the harder be
). cause each was supported by the res
n All of Britain's children did well. th
q Canadians az Courcelette. Australian
1 at Pozieres. New Zealanders aroun
n Flcrs, Observation-Disclosures near ThieT
q val. South Africans at Delville Woo,
a Irish az Guillemont, Welsh at Mameti
n Scots at Longueval and Beaumont Ha
d mel where the soldiers fought to IN
k pipes playing stop Your Ticklin
! Jock"
l. The Germans threw into the Somm
h battles 81 Divisions, all different .bu
It as some of these went in twice O
IS three times the equivalent OF IA
Divisions were used against the Brit
a ism and French. The losses average
h. about As per cent. killed. woundc
&. and prisoners. or about 0,00l
If French I'D British together took owe
lie 10000 prisoners. the British share {
u the booty being 20 heavy guns an
ly howitzers. 90 field guns. 1876 trenc
is. mor,ars and 514 machine guns. Flu
stores of all kinds.
sh As 1917 advanced the British keI
~, pounding away at the Prussians. ]
ng February and March. unable to site
cs It out under the everlasting hamme