Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
Foes Infantry MovingAhead
in Dense Order Is Moved
Down By British Guns;
40 Per Cent. Killed
GERMANS ADMIT ALLIES HAVE
SUPERIOR FORCES IN FIELD
American Cannon Is Trained On
Metz; Weather Holding Back
Fighting On Lorraine Front

With the American Army Lorraine Sept 2O-Contnued
to-day patrols secuted
Yesterday enemy forces attempted to American lines
this front but repulsed one German being killed and
In patrol during Wednesday night along the
Southern Lorraine Germans killed and three
wounded.
British Army Headquarters Sept 2Ohe ground which
counterattakc dhc British Moeuves and Tres
coyeed with dead and casualties are estimated
ben 40 per of the troops engaged The Germans
dackd in but the assaung ranks moved
down by the British defenders.
Particularly strong the German efforts against the
positions of High and Havncourt woods Here the
enemy reached the British position at several places but very
Enemy Leaders Outgeneraled
Prisoners taken by the British the allied attack was
peced north of Gouzeaucourt When the British struck on a
mile line south of that town the Germans changed their
plans the offensive north of Gouzeaucourt with
disastrous results N.r
In an his troops concerning raiding activity,
Buelow commanding the Seventeenth says:
This shows that at the present time the British have hght-
ing superiority troops in No Mans Land,
British and Frnch making further in the enveop-
St Quentin The German resistance continues stubborn
battles taking place along front OF more than twenty
miles from south of St Quentin to west of Cambria
the north the British pushing towards lie Cataet and
have mile the the west capturing
important farm position between Epehy and Lempre South
this point the Australians east OF the outpost positions OF
Hndcnburg line and the steady progress OF the BRITISH
the main defenses of the line all the way fro mempe to
St. Quentin.
of Cambria where the Germans met with serious re-
pulse in an attempt to British operations the SOUTH
Marshal ag has struck back at the and eaken the
strong point OF Moeuvres the Canal du Nor which was cap
tured earlier the week The Germans thus lost
the they have made in the fighting since Monday on the
CambaSt Quentin front The British have added more prisoners
total of ten thousand announced Thursday night
Over difficult terrain south and southwest OF St Quentin
army OF General Debeney working way steadily toward
the city capture of Benay the French took ssgnye-
Grand less four miles directly south OF the town. On the
southwest they also continue their pressure
Chemin des Danes Is Menaced
General Mangins threat to the security OF the Chemn des
Danes is compelling make strong counterattacks
to protect important ridge In the region OF emant where
the within miles of Fort Mamaison which dol
mates the ridges tn cenemy Thursday night hurled
five attacks against the French All the attempts were broken up
with the extremely heavy casualties for the Germans
Northeast of Va, the Asne the French are advancing
toward the Danes and have wrested further valuable
ground enemy West OF Rheims German attempt TO
cross the Veslc has been defeated by the French.