Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-28
BRITISH FAR
PAST Line OF
HINOE ENBURC
Take More Towns and
Prisoners and Drive on
City of Peronne.

London. Aug. British
forces fighting east of Arras
have reached the outskirts OF
Haucourt. Remy and BOiry No.
tire Dame, north of the Arras-
Cambria road, according to the
official statement issued by the
war office tOdat.
The British line in the FIan-
derS battle area has been ad-
Vanced on a front OF four miles
astride the Neuf Berquin-Es-
taires road.
South of the SOmme the Brit
iSh have taken FOucaucourt,
while north of the SOmme they
have attacked and taken the
greater part of TrOnes wood.
Capture 2,0O0 Huns.
With the British Forces in
France, Aug. 28, morning, (By the
Associated Press) British troops
today completed the capture of
Trones wood. north of the river
Somme.
Canadian troops in their advance
astride the Somme yesterday, cap
tured more than two thousand
Germans.
Retake own Material.
The British have recaptureu
large dumps of ammunition which
they left behind last spring and
which the Germans had not touch
ed. They also have taken immense
stores of German material.
The British ammunition came in
Ter5sshandy and saved lot OF
transport. as it offered bullets and
shells when they were needed
Large engineer dumps, which are
most useful in clearing the battle
field in the wake of the advancing
armies also have been captured.
(By Associated Press.
While the French have been
smashing the enemy's front along
the Chaulnes- -Roye line, the British
have swung forward in the sector
east of Arras. North of the Arras-
Cambria road, they have reached
the outskirts of the villages of Hau-
court. Remy and Boiry Notre Dame
about a mile east of the positions
where they were known to be yes
terday and well east of the linden
burg line. South of the Somme the
British have taken Foucaucourt
while north of the river they have
gained nearly all of Trones wood
In the Flanders area the British
have advanced their line over Z
front of four miles astride the Neut
Berquin road. This is the area
from which the Germans have beer
retiring for the last three weeks.
Go Past Hindenburg Line.
On the north astride the Scarpe
the British have broken through
the Hindenberg line on front oi
10 miles or more and continue their
push after an advance of three
miles Tuesday. They have reach
ed s-En-ArtOis. in the rear o.
the Hindenburg line, and have
broken through, or almost reached
the reserve line known as the
Queant-Drocourt switch line. The
British here are advancing on the
main roads 10 Douai and Cambria.
and before them is Terrain un-
touched by previous battles of the
war Cavrelle, on the main road
from Afras TO Douai, is only eight
miles from Douaf.
Huns in Confusion.
Among the ruins and shell era
ters Of the old Somme battlefield
about Bapaume the Germans are
putting up a stiff resistance. Ba-
paume itself is now part Of nt
mans land, but the Germans are
clinging 10 every foot as long as
possible North and south of Ba-
paume the British have made only
slight progress against the enemy
defense. Great confusion is re-
ported behind the German line on
this sector and the enemy is dig
ging a trench line to the east OF
Bapaume
Drive on PerOnne.
North and south of the Somme
the British press onward toward
Peronne They are approaching
Combles after overpowering the
Germans around Montauban. and
in the woods of the neighborhood
and are east of Maricourt. which
gives them possession of the high
ground north of the river. Dom
pierre. south of the river and six
miles west of Peronne, has fallen
TO General Rawlinson's men. The
intervening Terrain to Peronr< is
fairly level and open, but the Ger
mans are struggling to hold the
British in check.