The Glenwood post., 1918-07-06
SURPRISE TEUTONS
FOURTH OF JULY
Australians and Americans
Burst Through Hun
Lines July Fourth
IMPROVED POSITIONS

Undated-Today in surprise attack
on the German lines, planned especial
ly as a celebration of American Inde-
pendence Day, Australian troops took
the village of Hamel, east Of Amiens,
occupied Ware and Hamel woods,
south of the village, and captured more
than 1900 prisoners. The Australians
advanced under cover of a smoke bar
rage and were led by tanks in the
breaking of the enemy's lines over
front of more than four miles. The
attack penetrated mile and half
into the German positions.
The British war office has announced
Americans participated. This is the
first time they have appeared in this
part of the line.
The French struck savagely, cutting
the enemy ranks near Auseches, south
of Moulin Sous Toutvent, where on
Tuesday night they won local sue
cess and captured prisoners. Here the
Germans lost 1,O66 prisoners.
In both operations the allies have
improved their positions by gaining
high ground which can be readily de-
Tended.
At the same time that the British
French and Americans were attacking,
the Italians continued to advance in
the area near the mouth of the Piave.
The Italians have won ground in the
San Lorenzo valley, east of the Brenta
river.
London, July 4.-Detachments of
American infantry assisted the Austria
lians in capturing Hamel. This an
nouncement was made officially to-
night.
Field Marshal Haig's report of this
battle and other events along the Brit
ish front says:
"The operation this morning south
of the Somme was completely success
full. 1t was carried by Australian
troops assisted by some detachments
of American infantry and supported by
tanks. Our objectives were taken and
held and we gained possession of the
wood of Vaire and Hamel as well as
the village of Hamel.
"In conjunction with this operation
an attack by Australian troops east of
1a%n nl1y lc,a.
cessful and our line was advanced five
hundred yards on front of twelve
hundred yards.
"The prisoners captured by us in
these operations exceed one thousand.
Many machine guns as well as other
material, also have been taken.
British Headquarters in France,
Tuesday, July 2.-Germany has lost
great number of star pilots during the
bitter air fighting which has ragged
with growing intensity this year. At
least fourteen enemy aces, who had
been credited with twenty or more vic
tories and whose aggregate successes
had totalled 1863, are known to have
been killed or captured.
Among these famous air men were
Captain Baron Won Richthofen, who
claimed to have shot down eighty al
lied planes; Lieut.. Max Mueller, whose
score was 50; Lieut.. Bulow, whose rec
ord was 28.
Many other leading German pilots
are prisoners. Pilots of bombing ma
chimes, who either were killed or cap
tured, include Captain Kleine, comman-
der Of the "England squadron, " which
conducted raids over the British Isles.
Last year thirty-two prominent Ger
man airmen, for whom the enemy high
command had claimed an aggregate Of
551 Dir victories, were killed in action.
Fighting between the German soviet
forces and the peasantry is reported
from Yekaterinburg, the city in east
ern Russia where the main line Of the
Trans-eiberian railroad Is Joined by
the branches Of the road running TO
north and south Russia. II was report
cd recently that the csecho-elovak
troops were in control Of Yekaterin-
burg and It IL said that an army Of