Evening star., 1918-08-09
BRITISH.

August Sour progress on the
battle front continues. The French
have taken Fresnoy-En-Chauss
British troops are east Of L. oussnsl
and Caix-
making vigorous Resistance to our
advance. Heavy fighting has taken
place between chipilly and Morlan-
.'The number Of prisoners taken by
the allied armies yesterday exceeded
IL, 900 and the number OF guns cap
tured cannot be estimated.
During the past day the enemy has
continued to evacuate forward posi-
tions held by him in the Lys valley.
Our line there has advanced along
the whole front from the Lave river
VILE. to . maximum depth Of 1000
yarda Our troops now hold LOGON.
Le Corpet Maio. Quentin. Le Petit
Pacaut and Lesart.
I'VE carried out . successful local
operation last night north Of Kennel.
over front Of 1000 yards and cap
turing thirty prisonsrs."
August (night)-The operations
commenced this morning on the
Amiens front by the French 1st Army
under command Of Gen. Debentry; and
~ Rawlinson. are proceeding sueess-
fully. The assembly of allied troops
was completed under cover of night.
unnoticed by the enemy.
At the hour OF assault; French, ca
madam. Australian and English divis-
ions, assisted by Q large number OF
British tanks, stormed the Germans
on . front Of over twenty miles. from
the Avre river at Branches to the
neighborhood Of Morlancourt The
&~lr hrr .
all points the allied troops have made
AZ an early hour our first objsctivss
had been reached on the whole Of the
front attacked. During the morning
continued. actively assisted by Brit
ish cavalry, light tanks and motor
machine gun, batteries.
The Yesistsnce Of German divisions
in the line were overcome at certain
prisoners and = number Of guns were
captured by our troops.
The French troops, attacking with
great ganantry. crossed the Avre
river and, despite the enemy's oppo-
sition. carried hostile defenses.
part Of our final objectives were
gained before noon. but in the neigh
borhood Of Chipilly and south Of Lam
court, (Morlancourt?) parties of the
enemy observed prolonged s resistance:
heavy. but, ultimately our troops
broke down the opposition Of the
German infantry and gained their
'easssissafi South of the somm. the sall.ntry
Al and vi visor % Of their attack had gained
jectives for the day on practically
the whole Of the battle front.
Assisted by our. light tanks and
tse sars snS bsyend our oSsc
tives, riding down the German trans
mort and limbers in their retreat, and
capturing villages and taking many
prisoners.
troops runs from Pisssisr-Rozain-
viiiers to Beaucourt, to Caix. to
Framerville. to Chipiily. and to the
west Of Morlancourt
No accurate estimate can be given
concerning the number Of prisoners
captured. but 1t 10 known that sew
eral thousand prisoners and many
guns have fallen into our hands.
FRENCH.
August . (day).-There 10 no change
on the battle front south Of the
somme, During the night there was
q good deal Of activity on the part
Of the German artillery forces. in the
Champagne. The Germans undertook
several raids In the regions OF Pros
mes, the mountain without name.
and -6ouain. They were repulsed.
August (night).-The attack
made, this morning by our troops
southeast Of Amiens In conjunction
with British troops, continues In
good order.
.Ths details are given In the British
communication.
Aviation-During the month Of July
1874 enemy planes were downed. One
hundred and nfty-four enemy afrplanes
were seen falling out of control inside
the enemy lines, Of which number fif-
teen had been damaged by the IRE Of
our aircraft guns. Thus 338 enemy
machines were destroyed or badly
In addition. our airplanes set on IRE
forty-nine enemy captive balloons.
During the same month our, bonn.
|bErdtpG. .sQuh6fons during 4tAe. daytime
49, 100 - x~~