Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-08-31
Heavy Fighting Almost Every
where Between Sonnme and
Scarpe Rivers Results in
Germans Suffering Losses.
MANY TOWNS FALL TO
HAlG'S HARD HITTERS
English Capture Dozens Of VII
lagos in Their Sweep, While
battles Rage for Possession
of Others.

tsy MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED w,ssi
with the British Forces in Franco,
Aug 80 tby the Associated Press) -
me fighting British armies again
smashed their way forward today all
along the line, There has heen yery
heavy fighting almost everywhere be-
tween the Somme and Scarpe rivers
and under the force of repeated blows,
delivered with machinelike precision,
the roe has been forced to abandon
m NY more town positions and larg :
strips OF ground.
Once more the Germans have suf-
fered terrible losses. The British
have freed all the country south and
west of the Somme. the last Germans
being driven behind the river this
morning. Even there the enemy il
not finding rest. for the British have
crossed the stream at least at one
place south of La Chapellette,
From Peronne southwark first the
British cannon and then the French
guns are hurting projectiles. big and
little, on the other side of the river.
Just north Of the Somme after it turns
west the British have captured Clery
and are pressing toward Peronne.
British Reach lie Transloy.
The Germans have been trying ever
since the fall of Bapaume to hold the
line running along the road between
that town aud Peronne. Rritish
patrols have reached lie Transloy. di
rectly on the road and It is reported
that lie Transloy has fallen and thai.
a fierce battle within battle is rag
ing almost along the whole length Of
the road Hard fighting is going on
around Beaulencourt. which is astride
the road between lie Transloy and Ba
paume. The Germans hold the major
portion of this village for the moment.
but they seem destined to be thrown
out. A struggle is in progress at Nor
val southwest of lie Transoy. The
fighting appears to have reached a
hand to hand character. and the Ger
mans are said to have suffered from
British bayonets. Other towns in
this immediate neighborhood fell this
morning or during last night.
From this locality the line of battle
swings wide around Bapaume and
there has been MORE heavy fighting
here Bancourt, east of Bapaume fell
after being stormed.
Hun Resistance Smothered.
Astride the road to Cambria from
Peronne the British crashed into the
Germans and smothered their resist
ance. some times at the point of the
bayonet. Fremicourt seems to have
been taken and the British have
driven on eastward. North of here
Vaulx-Vraucourt. which contained a
large enemy garrison that offered the
strongest resistance with machine
guns. apparently has fallen in its en-
tirety to the British. Ecoust st. Mein
and Longatte in its suburbs again re-
ported to have been captured by the
British.
Here the Germans delivered pow
erful counter attack. and the British
withdrew. The artillery was turned
into the trap and after it had finished
the British moved back again and
mopped up what remained OF the Ger
mans.
as apparently also is Hendecourt,
Reincourt and Cagnicourt Tho
British have reached a point only =.
few hundred yards from the Dro-
court-Queant switch line. which ap
parently is garrisoned with every man
the German high command has been
able to lay hands on.
Harassed by Heavy Fire.
They are being harassed by heavy
fire from the British cannon. which
throughout this zone of the battle are
laundering away as hard as British
gunners can force them.
From here northward across the
Arras-C Cambria road and along the
River Scarpe the British are pushing
forward, gaining more ground,