The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-21
BRITISH SWEEP
OVER GERMANS
MANY REDOUBTABLE STRONG.
HOLDS FALL BEFORE RUSH
or GEN. HAIG'S ARMY.
GREAT GAINS ARE MADE
Germans Rushing Up Heavy Reinforce
ments, Which Gives JOY TO British
Artillerymen, As They Can Kill the
Enemy in Greater Masses.

British Headquarters in France, Sept.
2O-tBy the Associated PressD-The Brit
sh offensive which began at dawn over
a wide front east OF Ypres salient found
the attacking forces late today holding
many positions OF vital importance and
continuing the fight in German terri
tory along a line which in many places
.represented an average gain Of a mile
in depth.
such redoubtable strongholds as
Nuns wood, GlencOrse. Inverness copse
and shrewsbury forest. which has with.
stood numerous fierce assaults recent.
ly. We're entirely overun by the Brit.
ish, who reached points well beyond
them.
II was "A day Of great success for the
British arms, AS the possession Of
wooded heights which they captured
east Of Hpres unquestionably is Of crit
ical Importance. since these dominating.
points form the keystone Of the Ger.
man structure Of defense in the sector.
The greatest gains have been made
between st. Julien and HoIlebeke which
was as had been planned. for within this
stretch Of country Die the important de-
fenses just mentioned.
Finest Men Ia Army.
The troops that went ou. 10 the at.
tack represented some Of the finest
men i'm the British army. Their advance
was preceded by one OF the most per.
feet and heaviest harrage fires vet AT.
tempted. The men went over the top
stripped light and as result Of this.
coupled with the fine artillery support.
they were enabled 10 negotiate the first
stages of the difficult ground rapidly.
They had swept through Glencorse
wood, Inverness copsc and the eastern
part of Shrewsbury forest bv eight
O'Clock, two hours and twenty minutes
after the attack began. and other nd
Nanced positions were reached with
equal rapidity. which is q remarkable
achievement in view of the marshy ma.
ture Of the ground. due To heavy rains
ON the left Of the line attacked. heay,.
fighting developed on the high ground
ON either side Of the Zonnebeke.Lange.
marck road A number of strongly.
fortified farms We're encountered I'm this
region and bombed into submission.
Among these was Schuyler farm. a
short distance southeast Of St Julien
Schuyler farm held out long against
attacks and continued to play ON the
British with machine guns until Il was
taken.
Rcdoubt Hard 10 Take.
Strong resistance was encountered at
"a redoubt ON the Ipres Rouiers railway
west of Zonnebeke. This redoubt is a
massive concrete steel structure and il
withstood an OF the shell fire poured
against H. The British advanced ON
two huts and stormed with bombs until
is occupants raised the white flag.
The British casualties so far report.
ed are exceptionally light. the majority
being due 20 machine gun fire.
British airplanes again dominated the
air They We're thick over the line of
British advance and carried ON a VI.
gorous warfare back ot the German
positions where tons OF high explosive
bombs were dropped A large mum.
her OF prisoners already have been
brought in.
Heavy fighting along this front is
expected to follow today's attack be.
canse 1t is certain that the Germans
viii not relnquish these positions with.
out a bitter struggle. Air pilots report
that the roads back OF the German lines
are filled with troops being rushed
up for a counter attack, but this is a
pleasing feature to the British artillery.
men who express the desire for nothing
better than To get as many Germans as
possible out in the open where their
shells will reach them.