Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-19
PENETRATE
HUN LINE Z MILES
ON 12-MILE FRONT
Capture 100 Boche, Including
Two Commanders, Germans
Fighting Desperately.
LOSE TOWNS AND HEIGHTS
BY Associated Press 70 Every Evsnlng

BY Associated Press 20 Every Evening
Paris. Aug 10 Between tho Oiso and
the Aisne, French troops attacked st
SIX O'Clock last night over front of -
miles between CarIcpont about four miles
east Of klbecourt and FontenOy. approx
fnately six miles west Of JoissOns They
advanced an average distance Of Two
miles over the whole front according
~ the official statement ISSUED by the
War Office
The French have occupied The plateau
west Of Nanpoel, about seyen niles
I northwest Of Fontcnoy, and the edge
~ the ravine south II Andignicourt, two
miles and A half east ~ Namp0el, accord-
ing 10 the statement NOuvron- Vingre
WAS captured Seventeen hundred pris-
oners, including two battalion commanders
were IN the operation
During the night there were violent
artillery actions north and south of the
Avre
The number of prisoners counted in
the region vest u Roye yesterday ex-
cepds 400
Last evening at 9 O'Clock French troore
attacked to rectify their front between
the Disc and the Aisne The attack wss
over n front of about fifteen kiIonefrng
from south Of Carlepont 10 Fontenoy
We have realized an advance over the
whole line ~ an average Of two miles
approximately.
I'VE have occupied the pls.eau west NJ
Nampcel, reached the south edge of the
ravine AZ AndigDicourt and captured
NouYron-Vingre Seventeen hundred
prisoners. including two battalion com
maDders, were captured.
THE night was calm on the rest ~ the
front
london, Aug ~ m 20 . m--The
French Tenth Army which attacked the
German positions between the Disc and
the Aisne last night has penetrated n an
eptreTne depth Of nearly two miles
The enemy machine gunners are resisting
! desperately and the German AR service
also IL very active
st Mard-les-Triot a little over mile
southweet Of Roye, was taken by the
4 French yesterday according 70 reports
( from the battle front The French also
captured the town Of Beuvraignes,
4 2 "a miles south Of St Mard Aecording %
dispatches
/ The new French line rms from Fon-
/ tenoy 20 the rdge south Of Andignicourr.
/ From there II runs 10 Mampcei, which the
/ French have surrounded, and extends
3 ~
passes about fifteen hundred yards south
Of Cariepont, and finally jotns the old
! line north Of Tracy-Ie-Vel The French
now hold rather important high ground
! 70 the south Of Andlgnlcourr.
Near Merviile az the apex Of the Lys
/ salient. the British have made more
I progress, says the official statement from
Field Marshal Hag today. Fifty prls-
! oners and a few machine guns we're
+ captured.
/ A German counter attack between
4 Outtersteen and Meteren was broken I'D
/ by the British artillery. The statement
says:
I North Of the Scarpe a hostile raiding
! party was repulsed with loses
During the night our troops made
/ progress in the Mervllle sector in spite
( OF the opposition of hostile machine guns
Early IN the night the enemy launched
! a counter attack against our new positio
/ between OVlttersteen and Meteren. The
/ attack was completely broken I'D by our
/ artillery and machine gun flre.
The total number of prisoners cap
tlIred IN yesterdays successful operation
IN this sector is not yet available.
The hostile artillery has shown some
activity south of the Somme and hss
been active southwest and north of
Bailleul
A report issued st 445 D. m. saws:
French troops penetrated into the village
Of lie Hamel, on the hills west of the Olse
and northwest of Ribecourt, today, ae-
cording to advices from the front. Dur
ing the fighting today the French were on
the aggressive, but made some slight
headway against the determined Ger
man resistance between LaSsigny and the
Oise
With the British Army IN Franco,
Aug. 19-British troops after capturing
Outtersteen ridge, in front Of the town OF
NIerris, have beaten off vicious counter
attack and inflicted heavy losses on the
enemy More than 500 Germans we're
captured
The ridge was captured by the British
Yesterday and The Germans counter
attacked last night and this morning
The position. which overlooks consider
able ground held by the enemy in the
direction Of Bailleul, now Is firmly N
British nands