The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-27
HAIG' TROOPS
P USH BEYOND
FORMER LINE
Canadians Lead in StOrming
WancOurt And MOuchy.
BAPAUME STILL IN Peril
French Defeat Prussian Guard-Lat.
ter Was Forced to Withdraw
Leaving 400 Prisoners.

War Correspondent Headquarters,
Aug. 26.-Fine and steady as the ad-
vance along the whole line OF two
armies has been. all other news is
thrown into the background for the
day by the announcement that Canad-
ians and some other British troops
have captured Monchy-le-Presx, five
miles west and little south of Arras
upon the Cambrai Road.
The position was famous n ihe
earlier years of the war. Standing
as it does right across the top OF
old Hindenburg line and marking t1e
extreme British advance in that dir
ection, it's Importance as commanding
not only the valley of the Scrape'
but the Cojuel and Sensee, can hard
1y be overstated.
Its capture, which took place at
8 O'Clock this morning, without strong
opposition or great loss, will bring
fresh honor to the troops engaged, but
no details are known as yet.
Paris, Aug 26.-"Two fine days for
the British" sums up the opinion Of
Paris this morning on the manner in
which the armies of Generals Byng
and Rawlinson are taking their re.
venge for the trick the Germans
played the mat the beginning of last
year by their sudden retreat back TO
the Hindenburg line, and especially
for the losses the enemy caused them
by the tremendous drive against
Amiens last March
The British as Paris expresses it,
were merely serving their apprentice
ship to victory last year, and had to
suffer all the disappointments and dis
illusions of novice. Now, however,
as their magnificent work of the last
months has shown, they are fully ac-
complished craftsmen. Their second
conquest of the bloodstained fields of
Picardy will have no painful sequel
except for the boches.
London, Aug. 26.-On a thirty-mlle
front from the River Scarpe at a
point east of Arras to Lihons south
Of the Somme, British troops we're in
battle today crossing the Hindenburg
line on the northern most section of
their attack
The villages of Wancourt and
Monchy-le-Preux, which formed part
of the famous German defense, were
catpured by Canadians this morning
and the yictors continued their prog
ress to the east of them.
Bapaume, gradually being sur.
rounded. is still further threatened
by this successful extension of the
British attack to the north, not to
mention the fact that the Germans
have been forced back immediatly
to the north of the city, and that
heavy counterattack to the south
have been utterly broken.
Field Marshal Haig's night bulle
tin also reports the capture of Mon
tauban and Northumberland, south
west of Bapaume, a little TO the wes
of the highroad from Bapaume to the
Somme at Suzanne, which. with Cappy
on the opposite bank, has also faller
before the British attack
The capture of Montauban repre-
scnts an advance of two miles in tht
last twenty-four hours
These British gains were made il
pouring rain.
London, Aug. 26.-l'rench troops OF
the Avre today tightened their grip ol
the outlying defenses of the German
base at Roye, capturing Fresnoyles
Roye (about four miles to the north
and st. Mard, Ga mile and Il third L
the west)
The fighting of the last twenty
four hours has added more than 60
prisoners to the total of captures b
the French
In determined attempts to regal
ground near Juyigny, south of tn
Allette, the Germans yesterda
brought up "A division of the famou
Prussian Guard. but it was forced {
Withdraw, leaving 400 prisoners in IN
hands OF General Mangins mel
Further violent counterattacks in IN
same region this morning we're con
plete failures
Paris, Aug. 26,-'rhe Germans ,oda
attempted Il counterattack on a larc
scale against the right wing of Go
eral Mangin's army in the region b
tween Vailly and Scissors. The a
tack utterly failed
General Mangins army repuls,
the German onslaughts everywhe
and in some instances gained groun
The French flung back the attackil
troops even beyond their starth
points.
WEATHER FORECAST
For eastern New York and weste
Vermont, fair tonight and Wednesd
Slightly cooler tonight on the coast
Frugality in youth
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