Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-27
Haig Men Gain From the
Somme to Scarpe-Bag
$1,000 Prisoners.

With the British Army In
/ France. Aug. -. II a. m. by
! the Associated PreSs.) The
! Hindenburg line has been pene-
trated by British troops al
( point east Of IleniDel.
Troops OF Field Marshal Haig
today are advancing astride the
river Scarpe and are pushing
forward TO the south Of Ba-
baume. Elsewhere along the
British front progress also con-
tiRueS.
There has been heavy tight
ing at L0ngueval and on the
adjacent ground where the
Germans launched heavy
counter attack with fresh forces
brought up especially for the
purpose from Sedan.
In the face of this counter at
tack the British fell back TO the
edge of Longueyal.
During the night New Zealanders,
according to reports, swept around
Bapaume at the north and reached
the railway north of the Bapaume-
! Cambria road. The germans are Of
fering stiff resistance in the neigh
borhod of Thilloy, to the south Of
| Pdpaume.
Fight In Streets of Bapaume.
Reports have been received from
the advanced lines that British pa
trolls have again entered the out
/ skirts of Bapaume and that there
has been street fighting between
British and Germans
The British have penetrated the
| FinGenburg line at one point TO the
cast of Heninel, which is between
/ Bapaume and the Scarpe river. and
hart fghting is reported TO be 10
progress here.
The British advanced lines now
are reported TO he east OF Monchy-
| le-Preux. German rear guards are
fighting TO hold on to Pelves on the
south bank of the Scarpe. the Brit
! ish having reached the edge of the
/ town.
North of SCarpe progress is being
made by the British on both sides Of
! the road 10 Douai. As Haig's forces
advanced south of the river the
| Germans soon found that ths
| ground north of the stream was eN-
/ tremeIy dangerous. Here they are
| being forced back, leaving their
rear protected with large number
OF machine guns and are employing
! the same tactics that they generally
are using along the rest of the bat
/ tie front.
| Occupy Part of Bapaume.
| London, Aug. British forces
are established in the northern out
skirts of Bapaume, according to the
| official statement issued at the war
| office today.
British forces in the great battle
il northern Picardy are making
progress toward the village OF
Beugnate, two and half miles
! northeast of Papaume. according to
/ the official statement issued at the
war office today There is hard
! fighting around Croisilles, further
north, the statement says.
Hold 2l.OGO Prisoners.
! Since last Wednesday the British
kave taken p 900 prisoners, the
/ statement says.
The British have pushed through
the town of Montauban, three miles
+ Lorth Of the Somme and. capturing
the wood near that place, have
reached Longueyal, the statement
4 says.
Australian forces have made sub
stantial progress toward Dom
! pierre. south OF the Somme, and
each of Suzanne. north of the river,
{ the statement adds.
North OF the Scarpe river Scot
/ tish trops renewed their attack
/ against the Germans last night and
/ have advanced toward PlOuVain, the
I statement says
Take 1000 at MOnchy.
/ Paris, Aug. p. - tHavasJ In
NOnchy lie PreuX Monday. British
7 troops captured more than 1000
/ prisoners the new papers here say.
ON front Of six miles south OF
+ the Scarpe the British advanced TO
/ a maximum dEpth OF two and half
miles. Important gains were made
around Bapaume and Croisilles, the
/ ccnters OF enemy resistance be-
/ tween the Ancre and the Scarpe
No Germans remain ia Bapaume
says the correspondent of Le Matin
( on The British front lie adds that
/ patrols have penetrated the ruins
which mark the former enemy ad-
vanced concentration center
,By the Associated PressD
Smashing through the German
/ lines in the battlefield OF northern
picardy British troops have reached
1 the western and northern outskirts
Of Bapaume the town which has
been considered the keystone OF the
onemy lines In that sector OF the
'front.'
Push Steadily On.
The official statement issued az
London today shows slow but con