The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-22

London, Aug. 22.---The British Third | Armys drive on the Ancre has pro gressed five miles. It is estimated that more than 1000 prisoners have been taken. Lassigny has been captured by the French, the War Office announces Twenty villages have been captured by the French since Tuesday, and the advance has reached a depth of five miles at some points.
 The fall of Courcelles and Achiet- el-Petit and of the sector of the AL bert-Arras railway between these vil- lages is unofficially reported.
 British troops are advancing toward Achiet+le- Grand three and a half miles northwest of Bapaune), and this village has since been reported to have been reached by Byng's forces.
 Yielding at last to the public agita- ton against the ill-starred Crown Prince commander, the Kaiser, ac- cording to Berlin advices yesterday, has granted" Frederick William six months vacation"
 Recently it was hinted that the Crown Prince had been relieved of his command because of his fasco on the Marne, which, coupled with the Verdun disaster, earned him the cog nomen of Thigh jlnx' of the German army.
 Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria likewise is taking rest in his home town Munich. He commanded the German northern armies, including the one taken by surprise in Picardy. The Ancre fighting spread over a front of six and a half miles.
 The early morning fog was so dense and prolonged, 1t seemed like 0 smoke barrage, and though it greatly fa- vored the attack generally it proved a handicap to come units. The enemy heard the tanks rumbling on through the mist and promptly opened a heavy rife. machine gun and anti tank fire. He has been massing anti tank guns lavishly ever since the sue cess of Rawlinson's Fourth Army 1T the sector east of Amiens
 The first attacking infantry wave was hit harder than the following waves. The British artillery support was widespread and effective Int enemy replied largely with shrapne and machine guns. He had moved his heavy artillery away days ago.
 It Is believed the main purpose O yesterdays drive is to clear the Ger mans out of their high salients in thu vicinity of Bapaume before the lin, is stabilized at selected points pre- paratory to establishing the winte front
 The prisoners taken in yesterday attack are rougher than those takel last week in the Picardy drive by tn Fourth Army, but they are glad to b captured and to have no further fight ing to do.
 Tuesday night. during drizzle, tn British swept the enemy lines witt shells and gas, and at dawn yesterda, the Germans were caught unaware Ie was a common sight throughou the day to see one tired Tommy guarding half a dozen disgruntle Germans.
 Reports from Bulgaria show tha hatred of the Germans and Turks becoming accentuated. German en ployes of the government are bein dismissed by the Malinoff Cabine which has announced that Bulgar1 will not act as an agent of German and will not satisfy the claims Turkey.
 Peace meetings of soldiers on lea1 and deserters from the army are b. ing held all over the country, vii the connivance of the governmen demanding the impeachment of u late cabinet.
 The whole center of the Germa battle line in the west is now und alternate Allied attacks, and a Ge man retreat to the vaunted "Siegfrit line"---Cambrai-S Quentin-La Fer Laon---seems inevitable. The line