The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-08-23
Gen. Mangin Attacks on 15-MiIe
Front-GainS Four Miles.
FOES COUNTER is SMASHED
Fresh German Troops Brought UP to
Halt Blow Are DecisiVely Beaten
and Many Taken Prisoners
British Advance Along Scarpe
River = Americans Win
Village of FrapelIe.

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prisoners and an advance of an aver
age depth of nearly four miles are
to the credit of General Manglns
Tenth French army after a terrific
stroke delivered in the morning over
a 15-mie front extending from Fon-
tenOv. on the Aisne river, to Pimprez,
on the Disc river.
.Osly-COurtil, Cuisy, AlmOnt, Tar
uers. VaisapOnin, BlerancOurt and
LOmbray were captured by the French.
The French gained fOOthOld on the
plateau north of Vassens and in the
OutpOsts of Ourscamp forest.
Block Counter-BIoW.
The French, who struck at 1:lO
O'Clock in the morning. broke in the
making according to battle front dis
patches, Il German cOunter-blOW, which
was to have been delivered by two
fresh divisions of German troops.
These units, brought up during the
night in mOtOrtrucks, apparently were
caught in the furious advance of the
French and hurled back with the rest
of the enemy divisions which had been
holding the line.
Take Town Near Roye.
The French official report also an
nOunces that Beuvraignes, lying
about three miles south and bit to
the east of ROye, has been occupied
by General FOch's forces after bitter
fighting.
Retreat in Flanders.
Up to the north, in Flanders, the
German retirement from the Lys
salient is still continuing, with no in
dicatiOn of when the retrOgrade move
ment will stop. The maximum depth
of British advance, on the heels OF
the retiring enemy, is now about four
miles.
East of Arras along the Scarpe
river, the British in sharp fighting
have advanced their line slightly to
the east of the village of FampOuX,
while farther north, astride the Lys
river, the British have reached
L'Epinette, and north of Merville have
captured the villages of VierhOek and
La COurOnne, according to Field Mar
shall Haig's communication from head
quarters.
With the French Army in France,
Aug. 21.-The attack of General Man
gins forces from Fontenoy on the
Aisne to Pimprenz on the Disc, which
began at 80 o'clock in the morning,
was progressing favOrably when this
dispatch was filed.
The first German line of defense
was crossed over nearly the whole
front before nine O'Clock, though the
resistance was most vigorous at many
places.
Fill RaVine With Gas.
The Germans on retiring filled a
ravine with mustard gas. This, how
ever, proved only temporary trOu-
BILE, the entire ravine being turned in
q short time and the French troops
progressing toward BieranOOurdelle,
lust south of BierancOurt and south
east of NOyOn.
Farther to the right Tartieres, two
and a half miles southeast of Marsain,
was entered at nine o'clock and col
umns of prisoners began to appear
The artillery reaction was very weak
over this part of the front.
French aviatorS, flying way down
under the low lying clouds, kept the
staff regularly informed as to the
progress of the attack and harraSSed
the enemy with machine gun fire.
No German flyers tried to interfere
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the air during the morning.
The Germans made a desperate de-
Tense in the hilly and wooded region
south of the Disc around CarlepOnt,
Caise and Lombray where they held
strong positions which were prOfusely
dotted with quick firers. The FOur-a-
Verre and CrOiSette farm were taken
by the French after violent strug
gle, which was very costly to the en-
envy.
Yanl<s Hold Foes Trenches.
With the American Army in Lor-
raine, Aug. 19.--The Americans cap
tured the village of Frapelle and eradi-
Gated a considerable German salient in
the allied lines.
Prisoners were taken by the Ameri-
cans and the Germans evidently suf-
fered heavy casualties in killed and
wounded.
When the Americans went over the
top to attack at 4 80 o'clock they sue
ceeded in sweeping all enemy resist
ance before them and the raid became
an organized attack. The Germans re-
piled heavily to the American artillery
fire and they also shelled the entire
1eighborhood throughout the day.
r The enemy fire, which included a
barrage was ineffective. The Ameri-
cans have occupied the former Ger
man trenches and consolidated against
cOunter-attacks.
The Americans gained more ground