Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-29

 east of Monehy. Some of the compan- ies at the last moment, according to prisoners statements, refused to par ticipate and the rest went on with out them, the British withdrawing 400 yards.
 Later, the British re-attacked, pay ing particular attention to the Hanks, and drove the Germans out.
 Then a second time the enemy troops were called upon to attack. This time, it is reported, the whole body refused and only a few patrols were seen by the British.
 All sorts of troops have been hurled into battle south of the Scarpe as well as to the north. Many formations have been finished off almost as soon as they appeared. The ground over is covered with large numbers of Ger mans dead Just south of the Scarpe one place was carpeted with bodies in field grey.
 There was also very heavy fighting in the Croisilles region before and after that town was stormed and cap tured this forenoon. Fierce fighting has been reported from Crosilles ridge and the beaten Germans are said to be fleeing from Bullecourt and the surrounding country.
 The capture of Croissilles elimi- mates a spot which had been holding up the British advance on this part of the battle front. Stiff resistance had been offered during the counter at- tacks and the British swung around 7on the Hanks, driving especially down from the north and following the gen eral direction of the old Hindenburg line, and the town became too hot for the enemy to hold SanguinaTy losses have been inflicted on the Germans in all the fighting in this general region. British guns placed back of Croissilles have hit the retreating Germans at many places, particularly in the neigh borhood of Hendecourt. The gunners have had the unsual experience ot seeing where every shot fired fell and noting the damage each did. The en- emy artillery, retiring from the rear of Hendecourt, offered a fine target, and shells were sent raining into the fleeing columns, cutting great gaps in them
 Wis -En-Artois which was captured yesterday by the Canadians, was the scene of more hard fighting. The stown is completely levelled and many dead Germans are mixed up in the piles of debris.
 The enemy has even resorted to blowing great craters in the roads south of the Somme in his effort to check the advance One thirty foot crater was blown in the road between Arras and Cambrai just outside Of Vis-En-Artois.
 North of here a group of prisoners captured said they had it all arranged among themselves to yell ''kamerad" as soon as the Canadians launched their attack.
 Near Vis-En-Artois this morning when an attack was launched a host of Germans suddenly got up out oi the ground and ran like so many rab- bits, leaving only a few machine gun ners behind them.
 It is impossible as yet to obtain any accurate figures regarding prisoners. One corps is reported to have taken 20O0 since yesterday. But the armies do not have time to count their pris- oners while the fighting continues. The British are principally occupied with capturing more. And the count ing can be done later.
 WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Aug. 2S. CBy the Associated Press )-After Chaulnes fell, Gommie court, to the north and Sept Fours swere taken while later Greasy, Bala. Ire, Champion and Royglise, between Nesle and Rove, were captured and more than a score of other villages occupied
 The battle field the Germans have abandoned presents a picture of devas tation and desOlatiCn that has no, been surpassed during the war. Rove and the villages round about have been quite as thoroughly demolished as Montdidier and Moreuil
 Even cemeteries have been blowr up, tombstOnes smashed and graves opened. The names of towns in this region no longer have any other sig nificance than as a geographical desig nation. They have ceased to exist as towns. Their sites are hardly recog nizable for the intense shelling has Acb SilA9 bDiAltIdlbu streets ana Qe faced boundary lines, but has rendered the topography unrecognizable in many places.
 The ruins abandoned by the Ger. mans previously were carefully filled with mustard gas. For this reason " Rove is still inaccessible for occupa ti0n.
 The Germans were not able to use all the gas pTojectiles they brought to the present front and large dumps of them fell into French hands. They are now being fired against the enemy from some of the hundreds of Ger man guns that the French army has taken since August S. The French third army also attacked, occupying Dives and pushing to Vauchelles. less than half a mile from Noyon.
 With the French in possession ot ,Noyon, the Germans will have only their positions to the northeast, in the hills along the Disc, and in the north west on the west bank of the canal Dr Nord, to protect their retreat to the forest of g.. Gobain and the linden burg line