The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-28

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| IS open country. vita ih' terrain ana
! roads in ,Xr"lIni CrndI!i"n Tor t"c
! movement at tanks HHu horses.
Tho British made st"l'iy PROGRESS
| again tnday, especially on IN" new So
/ non If tho front around Eapaumc anH
! ,s.riIc m, Snmnr" German resistance
! aIaIr WIS stubborn. However. IL Is D."
-innir; 1u lock as though tho enemy Is
lighting rrnr guard actions WIN 'ht
hop, nj holding up The i'rlt!Sh uhlh nc
, can move. his material 10 IN" rear
No fresh German 'lIviSrnS nave De-
: identified in thu recent igntlnS. ihG
: rat,::y of the German nigh command
. now is 10 leave, battered divisions l"
: night raaIr guard actions ana lhcluchtahy
= IL have Il large part ui tlic remnants OF
/ lhcS,. formations Chcwcd 10 pieces pS
III" British lir". >,
visions many uf which hav" htrn pAdlH
mt and crippled. ara striving I" mold OIL
, ~, British There are signs OF even
, greater confusion behind the German
! lines.
! COMMANDS. Of various regiments have
. beer thrown into almost any place. The
! strength Il large number ~ these
! companies has been whitfield down uhl'l
! th"y hardly cunL;,iu - men. according Il"
! prlSnarrS, n,rnv more uf whom have
; passed through the collecting cages.
! General Iundrndurn purhaps has some
/
; present line aud is saving what men II"
: H. can for that purpose. 1t would not
: II. surprising if the enemy intended u
: put up Il Sli ffNcfcnSe somewhere on 4
! line running generally north and south
: Frronne.
! There was hard fighting to-day around
; Enpnumt FIvr"uil. Just north III
! liapaume. has been taken and III" streets
; run rcd with the blood Of Germans
; killed there. The enemy was prepared
, To- launch Il counter attack here. but as
; his troops moved toward the town from
the east they were caught under the fire
" the British artillery. The ErI'lSh
| then Stnrmch into lnr town ana cap
! lurrd. with the remainder OF ihr cn"myS
nrcc. 10 men and five officers. From
Favrcuil the British pushed cast ana
SOUTH further cncirlinG lihpaumc.
There WAS uncOntlrm"d rumorS that
| British patrols have rccnnnnitcrrd into
| I&apaumr and hay" gone some distanc"
without seeing any "t tn" cnrfnF. Hrll-
! ISL shells have been raining down on
! iiaparmc for many hours.
| Large numbers nr prisoners captured
! have not yet arrived 1T the cages. be-
cause they are some distance To the rear.
! This accounts for the fact thai many
| captured Germans. perhaps tho nnnb,r
nuns well into the thousands while We'll
outside thr zone of tire. in accordance
with the rules Of war. have not yet
/ reached tn" base cages.
The new section OF the battle from.
| just south OF the Scarpr offers great
/ possibilities. The attacking forces hero
| arc driving eastward aSirldc tn" Arras
i Cambria road and ar" now bHY"rd
! nchy-Lc-Pr"uX and Wancuurt. These
points virtually are IN the filndcnburE
/ line The rain during tn" night did not
| interfere with the British advanc". for
| the operations are nUw on hard ground.
The rain put the Germans at Il diSad-
/ lnrl,. in It,.is
holes with machine guns. AS many of
! the holes turned to puddlcs.
! AS soon nS the rain ceased scores Nf
| British planes took the air and COLI
! t;nucd their systematic attacks upon the
enemy troops. Tanks again distin-
| EuiShcd themselves Ivy overwhelming
difficult points whore the concrntral
Of machine guns delayed IN" advancing
! infantry.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
! FRANCE. Aug. 2i.-liritish forces rsti-
mate that ;hr Germans were forced IN
! rIsn ut least 20 divisions between ihc
Scarne and Aisnc rivers from August S
to August IS.
| PARIS. Aug. 21.--Thc new British at
J tack along the Scarpc river is making
| progress at many points. notably he
| tween the railroad from ArraS ia Doua
and the Arras-C;LnbraiI. highway. ac-
! cordlnE to- dispatches to neHSpa per men.
Hndenburg Line Pierced.
| WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE. August -. Giy The Assuciat-
I'd Press)-The Hindcnbcrg line has
been penetrated by British troops at q
| point east Of lIcninel.
Troops Of Field Marshal IIaiE today
are advancing astridc the river Scarpc
| and are pushing forward 70 tho south Of
| Bnpaumc. Elsewhere along the British
front their progress also continues.
! There has been heavy fighting at
Longucval and on the adjacent ground
and where the Germans launched a
| heavy counter attack with fresh, forces
| brought III especially for the purpose
! from Sedan.
| In tho tact Of this countcr-attack tho
! British fell back to tho edge of Tongue
! val In the course of the night tho New
Hcalandcrs. according to reports, swept
around EaRtumc a. the north and reach
| cd the railroad just north Of the Ba-
| paumc- CEimhrai railroad.
| Tho Germans arc offering stiff resist
ancc in the ncighborhood OF Thiiloy. to
| the south Of Eapaumc.
Reports have been received from the
| advanced lines that British patrols have
! again entered the outskirts nf Rapumc
hnd that tkcrr has been street fighting
! between tho British and Germans on the
,, edge of thr town
| The British have penetrated the Hin
| deuburE line al one point To the cast
! Qf Nenin"l which is between l"tpaume
and the Srarpc river and hard fighting
! 81 reported To I've in progress mere The
! British advanced lines are now report cd
| tU b. east of neutrality-suspicious.. German
! rear guards are fighting to retain their
| hold on Pclv"S On tho south bank Of the
! Scarpr. the British having reached the
| tdE" "f the town.
North Of the Srarnc progress is being
made by tho British On both sides Of
I the road to Douai. As HaiE'S forces adj
! vanccd south Of the river. The Germans
! stream was extremely dangerous. Here
! they arc hninE forced back. leaving their
! rear protected with 4 large number OF
| machine guns and are employing tho
satnc tactics that they generally arc us
! ing along the rest OF tho battle front.
The British advance: gives cridrnc" OF
! temporarily slowing ur 1T various places
! along the front but intervals Of COM
: paraiivc slow movements must nc "N-
! pcctrd during tn" cuurS" Of a haiti" such
! as this. for thu British hay" now been
. engaged in hard and continuous np'n
; fighting without rest for Il week.
! Many moro prisoners and guns and an
! other German battalion commander have
, boon taken. The officer fell INTO the
hands "G Tn" British in thr lighting
! around i:!untrc. n"rth al Eapaumc.
J The total number IF mAchin" guns
! taken from the Germans IN the present
, drive must now run away up III the
! thousands. Stacks 81 these weapons
! have hrcn captured. but II Is probable
! there will be- rn opportunity for count
! Ing them in the Immediate future.
Early French Reports.
! PARIS. .Nug 2T.--frr.rh troops all
vanr. Il This morning i'll the region III 81.
! Mard. southwest of Rnyc. after havi;;n
rrpulsrd :. number of enemy counter at