Bisbee daily review., 1918-09-20
HUN WILLING TO ABANDON
 HARD FIGHT
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 hostile fire and bombed the Huns out
 their hiding places.
 A far more serious engagement was waged cast of the village, where the Germans had constructed a quadrilat- cral trench system which was heavily armed. Here the CCniead,ng forces struggled throughout the day at close ruarters. The British toward evening sained @ footing in the trenches and Cnntinued 10 press the attack during Inc night. Part of he system was sti'l unsubdued this morning and it was being rstormed.
 Throughout this sector there were rCckets ot German--I2nned machine guns and each Of these sdTrisOns was a legion unto itself Between HOlnOn and Fresnoy La Petit were three little patches of woods; these fairly bris- tied with machine guns. They were finally cleared out, but it was a des- perate adventure for those doughty English troops who went charging through them amidst a hail of bull lets and combed the occupants into sl- lence.
 The eastern part of Fresnoy still was in the hands of the enemy this morning, with the British holding the western section and pressing the de- lenders hard
 To the north in the center of the battle line the Australians pushed through to their final objectives, and even beyond in some places, with their accustomed thoroughness and disre- gard for their personal fate. The over- seas men worked round those villages which were strongly held and employ ed a heavy smoke barrage with great success.
 Prisoners declare that because of where the Australians were going 10 strike next, and as a result there was more or less confusion among the Germans opposite them.
 Leverguier and Villeret were taken without much trouble. About Hargi- court and Templeux Le Guerard, how ever. there was hard fighting. There were numerous quarries in this sec tion and these were filled wif Ger man machine gunners who had to be disposed of before the advance could proceed. The delay was not great The rangy Australians were about and amongst the enemy like a whirl- wind, and he was a lucky Hun who lived to take the long trail back to the prison camp.
 The Australians had to negotiate three ridges here. and on the last of these, which overlooked the Hinden- burg line, the Germans made a deter mined last ditch" stand.
 Savage work characterized the here. but the Germans were no match for the hard hitting east 1 erners and were forced to fall back little hy little until they reached the ! outpost system to the Hindenburg | line. This defense was heavily wired | and strongly held. Back of it on the l eastern side of the canal lay the main !. line of Qualifications
 Against this outpost line the Austra | Hans advanced from their ridge with | out pause and charged into the barbed |. wire The Germans were killed. cap tured or driven back in flight. The l overseas men took twice as many prisoners as they had casualties.
 Not only was the outpost line taken over, but in some places the British went farther into Hunland than they had before at this point since the war began.
 On the left flank Peiziere was over- run by English troops in the first rush Five strong German points were over cooked, however, and these caused no and of trouble with their machine yuns for a long time. until attention finally was centere6 on them and they were obliterated.
 At Epehy, which the renowned Ger nan Alpine troop were holding, a des- ,erate battle was waged throughout he day. Epehy could not be taken lRtil after a long and heavy trench mortar bombardmeut, which greatly weakened the defenses. Then the British advanced on either side and gs