The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-08-22
BYNC ADVANCES
FOUR MILES
lnflicting Heavy Casualties on
Foe-More Than Two Thou
sand Prisoners Taken.
GEN. HAIG LEADS FORCES
German Withdrawal Indicates
Retreat to So Called Hin
don hurn T;uov
GEN. HAIG LEADS FORCES

With the British Army In France,
Aug. 22.-G a.m)-Gen. Byng's Third
army continues its victorious advance
into the German lines. Despite stub
born resistance. the British smashed
their way ahead last night and early
today.
At some places Gen. Byng's men
have penetrated the German positions
for four miles.
Heavy casualties have been inflicted
on the foe. This has been possible be-
cause of the stiff resistance he put up.
More than 1000 prisoners have been
captured and many guns have fallen
into the hands Of the British British
losses have been extraordinarily light.
The battle front expanded today to
south Of the. Ancre. 1t also spread
northward toward Arras.
Enemy infantry has given the Brit
ish much sitter opposition, while the
artillery fire has greatly increased also.
In spite OF this the Germans have
been unable to check appreciably the
advance of Byngs men.
The British troops on the south end
OF yesterdays battle front first rushed
Achiet- -le-Petit in comparatively easy
fashion. At Achiet -le- Grande, how
ever, they encountered hard fighting.
The village changed hands twice yes
terday afternoon. The British drove
the enemy out after the hardest kind
OF hand to- hand fighting in the streets.
The enemy retook the village in
fierce counter attack, during which
more hand hand fighting took
place. Then the British reorganized
and drove the Germans out at the
point OF the bayonet.
The British took Logeast wood. be-
tween tDl1inZpyilln r. and Arhipf Ip-
Grande.
Courcelles was also the scene Of ter
rifle fighting. Compelled to fall back,
the Germans made u desperate stand
along the Arras railway. They were
strongly entrenched. Machine gun
nests were thick. The enemy artillery
also was very busy. but the British
big guns hurled twenty shells for ev-
cry one sent into the British ranks by
the boche.
Haig Leads Troops.
London, Aug. 22.-(3:31 p.m.) ).--Fleld
Marshal Haig, leader of the British
army in France, has been in charge of
the troops smashing the German line
between the Oise and Aisne rivers
northwest of scissors, the Interna-
tional News service learned this aft
ernoon. t'..
The placing, of the French troops
under Haig's command, IT was stated,
was due to the great confidence the
French repose in the British comman-
der.
Meaning Of Withdrawal.
London, Aug. 22-(3:27 p.m.).-The
German Withdrawals on the western
front are believed to be preliminary to
a big retirement similar to the retreat
to the so-called Hindenburg line, the
News service was in
on reliable authority this aft
ernooh. 1t was stated authoritatively
that IL such Is the enemy's plans 1t
will be impossible for him to carry out
the movement now without suffering
great losses in men and material.
Gen. Byng's forces have advanced
to the Albert-Arras rail-
way, 1t was learned here this after
noon. The enemy's right flank along
the Ancre is seriously threatened, as
Is also his hold on the important
Thiepyal ridge.
In the past three days fighting be-
tween the Oise and the Aisne rivers.
northwest of Scissors, the allies have
taken 10000 prisoners.
The allies line now runs from Lo-
con through Paradise, east of Merville,
east OF Vieux Berquin to Meteren.