Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-31
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 from nere uUl tiwsa across the Ar IIas-CaulUfaI rOau anu aIong the hlyer ccarpe Jnv bntlsI are pusning Tor s.d.u. gaming mO.e ground, straight eEmg tHeIr hhe and drawing generally closer LO the ErocOur, lSuIant deienses or Cne enemy.
 COunter attacks have been launched on VarIOus parts of the bauGle front, bur none OI them ssems Io nave gaInIJ anytnlng TOT the enemy. A majority O1 them have been completely DrOKen up by the haII of DulieJs rom macnine suns ana rifles DeGore the enemy reached the British positions.
 In the nortn there apparently is lively activity at several places. The bnush are reported to have made con. sid, raDle advances. A report has just Deen received that Bailleui, southwest Uf lpres, is being snelied by the en- emy. II this IS correct it indicates that the Germans have withdrawn al- together rom that important town and that the British either are enter ing Baileul or will do so later. 1t is time something was said Of the wonderful work In the Scarpe- Somme battle Of the British artillery, which made possIbie the victories gained. The Germans themselves tes- uty to the terrible efficiency of the massed British cannon, which in many eases stood virtually wheel to wheel while pouring deaIn and destruction into the enemy, knocking the will to night out Of hIm and blasting a path Tor tie infantry.
 The prisoners all mention the ter rite barrages they have withstoOd and comment bitterly upon the Ehln- ness of their own counter barTages, because the German heayles are a. ways being dragged rearward to save them from capture. The German ar ullery apparently had little faith Tn the ability of the infantry to hold of the British attacks today.
 The British barrages nave failed all along the front, ever moving forward, and they have come dOwn on masses of the enemy lying in whatever shelter they could ind, such as shell craters old and new and Old fallen-n trenches, which cross and recross ths ground, made barren even of grass by years oI war. Rarely have the Germans had the protection of dugouts. Even when they have, going in them often meant capture, for the British infantry and tanks at nearly al times nave been upon them so closely after the bar rages lifted that they have not had much time to offer fight, even ii they really desired to.
 The casualties inflicted have been larger because the gunners. advanc- ing closely behind the infantry, have had many opportunities on ths terran which alternately is slightly rolling and flat, to lay on their weapons with open sights and pour a rapid fire Of steel into the Boches. The artillery has helped to increase prisoners by throw ing out of gear all the enemy ration. ing. The emptier a German stomach, the more docile it's owner.
 Still more has the artillery helped to catch prisoners by dropping bar Tages behind large groups. cutting off their retreat. And all this fire has had its effect in even more ways.
 Prisoners, who had recently been in Peronne, said they saw a great many men whose nerves had been complete " shattered. Peronne at the time was being bombed from the air almost continuously. One airplane after an- other was flying over in rapid success sion, literally raining bombs on the Germans.