Arizona republican., 1918-09-20
ENEMY SUFFERS HEAVY LOSS AT
 BRITISH HANDS
Despite Serious Menace
 Established Over Hinden-
 burg Line, Germans Fail to Renew Counter Attacks

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN Sept. 19.-(2 p. m.-By The menace which the British established yesterday over the Hindenburg line by their capture of ridges northwest of St. Quentin, the Germans this morning continued to nurse their grievances without renewing on a large scale their costly counter attacks of last evening.
 Fighting still proceeded, particularly on the extreme Hanks of the battle front, where the British were cleaning out strong points and strengthening their line, but the initiative remained entirely with them.
 Situation was UntenabIe
 That the situation created by the British seizure of the long Hindenburg outpost line and the dominating heights in front of it could not remain sta tionary for long seemed a foregone conclusion. Whether the enemy would essay further heavy counter attacks depended entirely on the badly drained resources at his command for the next move undoubtedly belonged to the Ger mans since they must push the British back or continue to live with the naked sword hanging over them in this vital sector.
 The enemy losses yesterday were ex- tremely heavy, both in the early fight ing and in the numerous counter at tacks which were thrown in toward night, in a desperate attempt to regain part of the lost ground. The whole .NE@ l. strewn with dead in the field gray uni- forms and more than 5000 prisoners were in the British cages
 Operation Great Success
 The entire British operation has grown into a brilliant and important success which was not forecast in the original limited plans. Not the least important feature of the victory was the slaughter inflicted on the enemy forces particularly during their frenzied counter attcks, when they were moved down like wheat with the machine guns, or swallowed up in a maelstrom of crashing shells from the British barrage
 There were few spectacular incidents in yesterdays fighting, although the operation as whole was spectacular enough when one considers that these | ans had in many places to fight their way up three lines of ridges, with val leys intervening, working forward dog gedly over slimy ground in the face of a vicious machine gun and rifle fire from a myriad of strongholds and from numerous villages and hamets which had to be surrounded and crushed into submission
 Bitter Fighting About HoInon
 On the rig t flank there was espe- cially bitter fighting about Holnon viii lage. The British had captured part of this place the day before, but the Germans still held a section of it, with machine guns trained from every house. These had to be cleared out and this had to be done systematica by small parties who dared the hostile fire and bombed the Huns out of their hiding places.
 far more serious engagement was waged east of the village, where the Germans had constructed a quadri- lateral trench system which was heav- fly armed. Here the contending forces struggled throughout the day at close quarters. The British toward evening gained a footing in the trenches and 1 continued to press the attack during the night. Part of the system was still
 unSubdued this morning and it was be ] ing stormed.
 t Troops on Desperate Adventure Throughout this sector there were r pockets of German manned machine e guns and each of these garrisons wa: | a legion unto itself Between Holnor e and Fresno Petit were three littl, : patches of woods; these fairly bristlec d with machine guns. They were finall,
 cleared out but it was a desperate ad l, venture for those doughty Englisl e troops who went charging througl e them amidst a hail of bullets an, = combed the occupants into silence = The eastern part of F'resnoy still wa If in the hands of the enemy this morn ;t ing, with the British holding the west e ern section and pressing the defender - hard.
 Australians Push Through
 To the north in the center of tn
 battle line tie Australians pushe
 through to their final objectives, an
 even beyond in some places, with thei
 accustomed throuShness and disregar
 for their personal fate. The oversea P men worked round those village which were strongly held and employe | heavy smoke barrage with great sue | cess.
 
 this smoke screen they never kne
 where the Australians were going
 strike next, and as a result there wa Tn more or less confusion among the Gel Q mans opposite them
 IS Leverguir and Villeret were take IS without much trouble. About Harg ce court and Templeux le- Guerard. how lt ever. there was hard fighting Thel lo were numerous quarries in this sectio 5 and these were filled with German ma ne chine gunners, who had to be dispose Id of before the advance could proceed.
 The rangy Australians were abo, ht and amongst the enemy like a whirl Is wind, and he was a lucky Hun wl 'o lived to take the long trail back to tf cn prison camp.
 nd ao The Australians had to negotia oo three long ridges, and on the last , ne these, which overlooked the Hinder as burg line, the Germans made a detel S. mined last ditch'' stand.
 Savage work characterized the figh
 ing here, but the Germans were I
 match for the hard hitting easterne - and were forced to fall back little | II little until they reached the outpo
 system to the Hindenburg line. Tn
 defense was heavily wired and strong n- held. Back of it. on the eastern sit ,or of the canal, lay the main Hindenbul on line of Notifications. re- Against this outpost line the Austr; he Hans advanced from their ridge witt h. out pause and charged into the barb' IT, wire The Germans were killed, cal
 tured or driven back in flight. IT he overseas men took twice as many pri to oners as they had casualties. on Not only was the outpost line talk till
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