Evening star., 1918-08-24

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE. August 23.-British armies
this evening are vigorously following
up their success of today. which ap-
parently has been one Of the most
disastrous ever experienced by the
Germans. The enemy has lost wide
stretches of ground. numerous towns.
thousands of men made prisoner and
large quantities of materials and
guns He also again has had heavy
casualties.
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria,
the German commander, has thrown
his men in before the advancing Brit
ish armies in an effort to stave on
the inevitable. but only to have them
moved down again and again by
storms of metal which poured from
the British guns. One entire enemy
battalion was annihilated during the
lighting.
Dead Germans Everywhere.
Dead Germans in great numbers are
scattered everywhere over the battle
field. AS an example. 400 enemy dead
were observed this morning on one
small piece of ground over which the
battle had swept
With all this fierce fighting and.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
over open ground against an enemy
protected in pot holes" and strong
points of other kinds, the British
losses everywhere seem to have been
extraordinarily light. This probably
is due to the confusion the Germans
find reigning behind their lines. as
they are fighting a losing battle
which for them hourly grows more
disastrous.
German Line Strengthened.
Crown Prince Rupprecht today had
strengthened his line at many places.
hct this instead of stopping the Brit
ish. simply meant that the Germans
suffered bigger losses.
During the night and this morn
Ing the front upon which the battle
was being fought yesterday was
widened -appreciably both to the
north and the south. while the ground
ucourt-Sur-Ancre, which hereto
fore had been fairly quiet. suddenly
was drawn into the whirL
Battle Situation.
From the northern edge of the bat
elefield to the south the situation at
last reports seemed to be as follows:
New attacks from the River Cojeu1
and south carried the British across
The Albert-Arras railroad embank-
ment. The British apparently hold
Roiry-Becquerelle and Boyelles and
have passed beyond the Arras- -Ba-
raume road.
The troops just to the south. who
Tor two days had been fighting for
ment. stormed forward and reached
Hamelincourt and are pushing on
coward Ervillers. st. Leger and
sroisilles- Airplanes reported that
British tanks had crossed the road
between Ervillers and St Leger, while
some infantry was reported To be less
than a thousand yards west of Err
villers.
At about that time an airplane re-
ported that the Germans had disap-
peared from their positions north
west of St Leger and between that
town and Hamelincourt and that the
hghting British found time in the
midst of their task to cheer heartily.
apparently the hard-pressed Ger
mans. rather than suffer more here,
where they have met with some of
tneir heaviest losses, decided to get
out This locality was one Of the
places where the Germans had
doubled their strength.
Upset Enemy Plans.
The fighting to the south of this
region began in the night, when
! strong British forces assailed Gomie-
court just few minutes before the
Germans had anticipated launching
an attack at the same place Gomie-
court was British at daylight. AS it
happened, the British upset all the
enemy plans. and. after killing MANY
.iermans and capturing 500 in the
town of Gomiecourt alone. Field Mar
shall Haig's men continued their for
ward movement and at last reports
We're pushing steadily onward
Gomiecourt. by reason of its ter
rain. apparently was considered the
pivot of a turning movement. for.
once having taken it, the British sent
troops swinging down south in the
direction of Baupaume. The Germans
on this portion of the battlefront
we're badly disorganized. There were
Germans all over the place. but thew
q haa -....ss.