The Sentinel=record., 1918-08-29

With the British Army in France, Aug. 2S.-On both sides of the Scarpe river hard fighting continued today. the British launching fresh attacks and wrestling from the desperately re- sisting enemy additional valuable stretches of ground. many more ad- vantageous positions and towns, in- cluding Croisilles.
 In the center of the wide field on which three British armies the first. third and fourth are operating, there seems to be a slight pause.
 South of the Somme Fay and Ablain court were taken by the British with out much difficulty for the Germans, being hard pressed south of these points by the French were therefore ready to go with slight persuasion.
 Since early this morning storm after storm has been sweeping across this section of France, but. despite the un- favorable weather, the forces in the north have driven deeply into the ! thurriedly arranged enemy defenses, smotheiing with their fire, hundreds of the Huns. These Huns had been thrown into the fighting in this sec ton in an effort to keep the British from penetrating the famous Quent- de-Court switch lines which formed the northern continuation of the old lIiudenburg line after the British last year beat the Germans back from Ar ras This line has been approached in r,la nd In al least one place in the neighborhood of the Sensee river
 The success of this drive nere and the beraking through of the old Ger man defense system may have far reaching effects both in the north and the south.
 South of the Scarpe the Canadians finally captured all of Pelves after brisk street fighting and pushing east ward their advanced patrols entered Remy and Hauoourt The British are we'll east of Fontaine and the main body of the Germans has retired from Hendecourt eastward.
 Extremely heavy fighting is in prog ress from a point south of Lens, south ward across the Scarpe river to the| Arras Cambrai road, but the British are making progress everywhere, beat ing down German resistance with steady blows.
 At least two new German diyisionsI have just been identified in this fight ing and more may appear ere long.
 But while they are opposing the a1- lies. and in most cases are battlingI hard, there have been some instances in which the enemy troops have shownI themselves to be excessively nerv cts. which is as 1t should be, con ?i sidering the pounding they have had and are still getting from the British cannon and the defeats they have suf- fered at the hands of the adyancingI infantry.
 A large Boche force was brought upI to counter attack the British posi- lions east of Monchy Some of thel companies at the last moment, accord ing to prisoners statements. refused to participate and the rest went onl without them. the British withdrawing 400 yards.
 Later the British attacked paying, particular attention to the Hanks and one time the enemy troops were caheu upon to attack. This time. it is re- ported, the whole body refused and only few patrols were seen by the British.
 All sorts of troops have been hurled into the battle south of the Scarpe, as' well as north of that river, but many formations have been finished off all most as soon as they appeared. Thel ground over which the advance was made today is covered with largeI numbers of German dead.
 Just south of the Scarpe one placeI was carpeted with bodies in field, grey.
 There was also heavy fighting i'm the Croisilles region before and after that town was stormed and captured this forenoon. Fierce fighting has been reported from Croisilles rdge and, the beaten Germans are said to De, fleeing from Bullecourt and the coun- fry to the north and south.
 The capture of Croisilles eliminates