The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-19
STORY
OF TIE BRITISH
TEUTOA DRIVE

IEUIU|v UNIV
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE. Mar. l. (Nia London. ln:i"
D. M In tn" city OF Albert. where
the famous rild"d leaning Virgin SIM
depends mraculously from the lover
Of rather caudy and lAntasuca!Iy
shcll.tnrn church. there has long been
n British sign reading TO BapaumH.
1t has pointed the way along narrow
STRAIGHT road toward The quaint ic-
ardy town. transformed by IN" Yer
mans into what they term A modern
fed gibraltar.
Between Albert and Rap1umn lie
tho hairleli"ldS Of the greatest nlartlhs
struggles Of I'll history. they ar"
called the battles Of The Summ', nul
more correctly misht b" termed me
hatii"s Of rhc BapHum" road. II mas
been Il lnng ten m;leS, hul at laH'
Hapaumo has been taken. ana thr
British khaki lin" extends well beyond
it IN all directions.
The field grey German lines are
fal!in" back now OH Il front apprnNi'
mating forty miles. They Hr" diS$nlV-
;nG in clouds Ui blur-gr"y smoke, Tor
.'l:" Germans have lighted hrrS 10
screen in their wake. No village Is
being spared from tho torch. tn" re-
rlrrnt on b" British front now extends
from we'll below Chaulnrs Ia the
south. almost To Arraa on the north,
and covers about une-Ihird of the
entire British line 1t has even rX-
.;rnded Down where the French lines
begin.
Capture of Peronnc.
Today thr british pushed INTO
r"ronuc. whrre they had To fight viz
rually every step Of The way. There
have been many fires in Prronne
burning since Friday. III" Germans
also burned The suburb Of Halle before
abandoning it..
\ .rur" or more uI towns and VII
la"r& have been taken BY the British
during tho day, AMI ii WAS reported
tonight that patrols had reached as
far as NrS!" southeast OF Chaulnes.
For a tim" it seemed a. if the Ger
man retreat would spring from lie
Transoy as the southern pivot, but
already il has gnn" far beyond that.
Evcrvwhrrn along this wide front ~"
British are pressing til" fleeing G"'-
man rear guard, and Rapaume wit
messed lively street fighting.
The taking Of thar iowa mean 4
great deal 10 the men in the trenches.
One British battalion aL2 II De lc'
liryed Yesterday from I'm OF siren
nous work, actually REQUESTED mat
thcY be sent forward in oder mat
,h"v might see Edpauhs rl"ArrG u
the enemy.
In vIr whore me fighting = often
~. n
trenches. il noted tow. l'k' lMi'aumc
stand; nir a a great go:.i 10 the sol
diers. Under IhC ptOThHti2 s'gn III
Albert pointing in mat dir"cil"n. nun
drrds OF thousands Of British SoI"i""s
have trudgnd since last July men!
never TO return.
Bapaume the Key.
Il WAS particularly Cilinc hat Inc
,ronns which fought III, hardest about
~ Hu,tn last autumn shou'd hc
aiming the first 10 roach 8apaWne. nt
wh]rh Inc Butte hdd long been re,
pa-i]cd a. The key posh!Gn.' lher,
was no flying Of flags ni bea'lnH ~
drums as the B,I:ish p;er'f prIt-
tratcd the tnwn. for there was (Isn' l'ls
ahead. and Rapaum" l. me ~ ut,
irrground StroneA"FiE bul II MaS
mot long before rLc alvarez fuarn
snr,, hacE over "a. telephone wires:
SUN NV 49,, ,,a,o VIII, thr onward
when 'NrI h''P ',o,.- ,b,t tho cne.
movement Ni lhr i""'',' 49,, ucc,urt
my roar guard hIu AT Nt''l nv
nf for"
Nor rarr., a Second message T"a"inS
in ,r,,,. soldier language: ,,. l..
"'rn. r'0"pinc ny -: ''a|"''''"' 49,"
CONNECTED"
No Ecuse Ant"o' ,ory.n,rts
Fires wCr" Smnuid"rhE ~ T,' which
remnants ~ 'h" lH''H'' ~, - is, I,vs
had been rampant .9'I '"A ~ bnueo vas
Of German "Cc'iim non. ,,I oxrosnd
LETT intact. Tor mos N,,' 49,, rrw rows
interiors All h'Tn'" ,oc,ur,l beauty
rr houses nf quaint "nnn,,' .rnu, IF some
~iill mHinIh'h ~" i, I,cInr shells nf
Of their 'NItu'' ,,,,,, damage hat
course. h"n "'!iE o,.i,Icurrs Of ,lyira-
th"r" were n'"n,,,,'
hitting on ~ So, j.. eucb M extent
lhlS WIZ a. ,r 40 TOXIN arpINr
that crr'hln 50 .,', n,cr nv. F., cvcloI, I.
- hf.NlhS w. IInu.n ont hy inter
waiS nay NIX !" ,.i,r~ iLc sloic roofs
cor "Np'"S,,,n, ,nInn,agnd into tho
~ say III ,,,,,.- mart nC TIE famous
;, .,,ynr had boon blown of 20
''''I i,e ,,r- used for artillery
~. British All its fares
~ 'a.,r 49, ii n,itsiGc nc Eapaum" WAS
~ 1;' .r,.,cr,d .sulrinct. with several
= ta- l,rr.1,: standing on tho wall
'"''''' e,-,,o, Rain OF Shells.
-, Lnv and mos; Of last night. the