New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30
BRITISH STRIKE
H|NDENBURG LINE
STRONGLY FORTIFIED FRONT
HELD BY FOE TWO YEARS
BROKEN BY ALLIES.
new DRIVE NEAR ARRAS
eAPAUME BEING POCkETED As
HUNS ARE TANNED BACK
NORTH OF BASE,

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
With the British Army in France
Aug. 27.-While the Germans were
busily engaged in defending them
selves against the attacks of the Brit
ish and French armies from the An
ere river to the region Of Scissors
Field Marshal Haig early Monday
morning struck another surprise blow
over a new front north Of the old bat
tie zone. The new offensive was
launched from the east of Arras on
the Scarpe river and southwark to the
Cojeul. All along the front the Brit.
ish pressed forward, at some places to
a depth of more than two miles, and
captured a half dozen or more vii.
lagos, among them Monchy-le-Preux,
Guemappe and Wancourt.
Across the Cojeul the new British
attacks on the old battle front brought
them to the villages of Mory and st.
Leger, and farther south the small
town Of Fevreuil, one and a half miles
northeast of Bapaume, from which
the British pressed on eastward
about a lie.
Farther south the British are re-
ported unofficially to have reached
the western outskirts of Thilloy in
the nipper movement they are carry
ing out against Bapaume. With Haig's
men now standing well within gun
range of the town, it seems likely
that the Germans will be forced to
evacuate Bapaume in short order.
Additional gains also have been
made by the British east of Albert
and OF both sides Of the Somme river.
In fact, Notwithstanding the efforts Of
the Germans through the use of large
reinforcements to held them in check,
the British and French all along the
line from Albert to Scissors have ma
terially bettered their positions and
carried further forward their plan Of
making the Picardy battle ground n
tenable for the enemy.
Fresnoy-les-Roye to the north and
st. Mard to the south OF Roye. both
have been captured by the French, de-
spite desperate resistance Of the Ger
mans, and Roye, like Bapaume in the
north, apparently is in danger Of be-
ing pinched out of the line in an en-
veloping movement. More than 600
prisoners were taken by the French
in the operation.
The Germans have thrown further
heavy counter attacks against the
French in the region north Of Sois-
sons, where the French continue their
pressure northward in maneuvers
which seriously threaten to outflank
the Chemin des Danes and Laon Sec
tors and to put the entire German
line from Ypres to Rheims in jeop.
ardy.
The operations of TIN British on the
northern part Of the front from the
east of Arras to the region of Bulle-
court have brought them upon or very
near to the old Hindenburg line.
There is still considerable activity
on the eastern part of the battle front
in the Vosges mountain region, where
forces of Americans recently have
been fighting.
There has been an increase in the
activity in the Albanian theater. Here
the Austrians twice attacked the
Franco-Italian troops. but were re-
Later the French slightly
withdrew their line in order to main
tain liaison with the Italians.
The British momentum apparently
increased in spite of the strong efforts
Of the Germans to stay the oncoming
rush of tanks, cavalry and infantry.
More than 1900 German prisoners al
ready have been counted and the en-
envy losses in prisoners are said to be
In excess of the British casualties.
Unofficially the number of prisoners
is placed at 10000.
With the British Army in France,
Aug. 26.-On some parts of the north
.rn battle front the British have
points a thousand yards from
the old Hindenburg line, which seems
strongly held. -
LONDONDERRY Zealanders, striking
in the direction of Bapaume, have cap |
tured Cojeul with Irresistible DASH"
says an official statement issued by
he war office Sunday. ELSEWHERE
were successful local actions
he statement adds.
The important towns of Bray, Thiep-
1al and Grandcourt, together with sew
eral smaller places have been cap
.ured and more than 1000 prisoners
lave been taken.