Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-24

This happened just north of Mira
 mount Many ot the prisoners were
 nOn-commissioned officers. All ap- peared glad they were taken. When
 asked about the Austrians the prison
 CTS expressed the greatest contempt
 for their allies as soldiers, saying they
 were no good what ever. Slightly to the south the British have crossed the Ancre river and started
 in the general direction of COurceL- lette. Already they are reported to be south east of Grandcourt. This
 menaces from the rear the German
 stronghold at Thiepval, which is an old fortress.
 At Albert the British pushed for ward toward Tara Hill, at the back of the town. An airplane report of about noon said the British held the
 entire position. About the same time
 Germnn shells started breaking on
 Tara, while British shrapnel could be seen bursting some distance on the other side of it, showing where the enemy had been driven. Considerable numbers of prisoners were taken in this locality.
 The British troops seem to be pro- gressing well up the road from AL bert to Bapaume. Welsh troops are participating in the fighting in this neighborhood.
 South of Albert, Meaulte appears to be in British hands, having been cap tured early in the day. Thence the line extends sOutheasterly with break where the Germans last even- ing managed to take Happy Valley, just northwest of Bray, by throwing in fresh troops of the 25th division. which apparently were brought up for this purpose.
 The Germans suffered severely here during the first attack. The fighting was very heavy. Since then the Ger mans have been consistently heavily fired upon.
 Happy Valley truly is a shambles. Its name bellies it.
 South of the Somme the Australians were most successful in the part they played fin today's battle. They easily attained all their obiectives and appar- ently hold Chuignolles, ChUignes and Herleville and are pushing eastward of these villages a little distance 10 make sure of holding them.
 In this region B German officers and 1500 men of other ranks were made prisoners. Eleven of the can tured officers were from one regiment. ]
 The Germans offered heavy resist ! ance at ChuignOlles, but. with the as- sistance of tanks, the Australians ham, mered through the enemy and swept | on, leaving the town and it's environs | filled with dead Germans.
 On the ridge south of this town I there also was fierce fighting, which l almost reached the hand to hand stage l before the Australians made it clear to l the Germans that they were not to be ' stopped and showed over the ridge and | 
 Just now large numbers of guns are | roaring away all along the line. At l some places they are steadily hammer ing. at others it is rolling up into in- i tense drum fire, telling where the ! Is going on. The German shells seemed to be coming from long distances. Evidently their guns have | been moved back for safety. The Ger | man artillerymen apparently have not | the greatest confidence in the ability | of their comrades in the infantry to | ward of the blows being delivered | against them.
 All day long streams of wounded. | principally Germans, as well as great | numbers of enemy prisoners, were flowing towards the rear. The day was | cooler. It was slightly cloudy, but the | air was full of British airplanes. A | number of German planes were shot down over the battle front during the | day, each fall bringing a cheer from the British.