The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-06-18
GERMANS POUND
BRITISH LINE
Heavy Attack is Expected III
Flanders.
TIE ENGLISH AWAIT BLOW
General Hag's Men Rush Hun Divis
ion That Despoiled Termonde and
Louvain Early in the War.

With the British Army in France,
June 1S-Intense bombardmentS have
been carried out by the Germans dur
ing the past twenty-four hours in va
riouS sectors along the British front
These have been especially heavy in
Flanders, about Hinges the
British advanced their line consider
ably Friday highland in the region
of Dickenhusch and Scherpenberg.
The initiative, so far as infantry
activity was concerned, rested mainly
with the British who carried out 8
number of highly successful raids.
Prediction in these days of sudden
upheavals is unsafe. 1t may be sale
that the Germans have maintained
themselves in a state of preparedness
to attack along the British front, not
withsta4fng the exertions of the
crown prince in his drive for Paris.
Whether Won Hindenburg will launch
another drive against the British In
the near future, there is no doubt his
troops and artillery are ready for any
attempt he may deem it advisable tc
make
Further details concerning the Brit
ish operations in the Hinges sector
Friday night now are available. The
attack was made along a front of 1896
yards just east Of Hinges. 1t had its
northern extremity near La Pannerie
The Germans were holding a strong
line of shell crater positions close tc
the British on the eastern bank OF
La Bassee canal.
A limited objective of 500 yards In
depth was set. An unusual feature OF
the attack was it was conducted en-
tirely In the dark Success depended
, upon each man keeping his right di.
rection as he pushed forward
Holding this sector for the Germans
was the eighteenth reserve division
which was among +he first to violate
Belgian soil. 1t was the eighteenth di
vision which committed such horrify-
ing deeds in Termonde and Louvain
which brought down upon it the exc
crations of hundreds of helpless Bel
gian women.
The attack was preceded by an
man front line position. AT the same
time their gunners were carrying out
effective counter-battery shooting. The
heavy artillery was pounding the enc
my areas hard.
AS the bOmbardment ceased British
80 nd fnyy rd hp
craters, which the enemy held-ma
chine gun posts that represented the
main defense here.
AS the British advanced the enemy
opened heavy fire from every ma
chine gun nest along the line. The
Germans We're shooting more or less
blindly in the dark, which saved the
British many casualties. 1t was try
: ing work to push ahead through the
barrage of bullets sweeping waist high
across No Mans Land.
The attacking infantry finally reach
ed the enemy's. posts, and bitter hand
to-hand fighting occurred at most OF
these nests.
The battle in the region of La Pan
merle, where the Germans were espa-
cially strong, was exceedingly fierce.
Here the contending troops struggled
throughout most of the night. With
the arrival of daybreak, the British
had occupied all their detectives and
forced the enemy to fall back.
Two hundred prisoners remained in
British hands Large numbers of Ger
man dead before the gun positions
told of the desperate fighting. The
morale of the prisoners as a whole
seemed very fair Many were convinc-
ed the Germans were winning the war
and confident that they would break
through the allied lines to the cossf