Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-08-23
GERMAN DEAD
IN HEAPS ON
BATTLEFIELD
British Victorious in Fierce
Fighting Between Arras and
the River Somme:: 5000
Prisoners Captured.
BY Associated Press.

With the British Army in. France,
Aug. 22.--There has been fierce fight
ing toda. along large section of the
British front to the south of Arras
through to the river Somme.
Again the British have been VIC
torious. The battle north of the
Ancre ragged all day long, while TO-
900 yards to the south another Brit
ish force, which crossed the Ancre
during the night and opened an attack
at daybreak, was driving steadily into
the enemy positions OH the high
ground at Bray Sur -Somme and Al
bert and had already captured a thous-
and prisoners.
The Germans are retreating from
the section between the two points
where the British armies are ham,
mering them and where they are
threatened with beirg left in a pocket.
The town Of Albert has fallen into
the hands of the British who are
pressing the enemy hard. Along the
Arras-Albert railway embankment
and on both sides of it heavy fighting
continues.
Storm Enemy Positions.
On the northern half of the battle
front the British stormed the enemy
positions and captured them, inhict-
ing terrible losses on the enemy. They
then pushed eastward at various
points. They occupied Hamsln-
court trench, we'll to the east OF the
embankment and were reaching out
similarly at other points.
A counter attack this afternoon
north of Courceles was completely
broken down by the British before
the boche gained a single foot of
ground. The value of the position
along the embankment can readily be
seen. The country is fiat and the
railroad runs along the top Of high,
made-to-order ridge, which overlooks
and controls considerable shell
cleaned ground on either side of it.
To the south from Achiet-Le Grand
to the Ancre, the armies in battle
have been sweeping backwards and
forwards, attacks and counter attacks
being repeated again and again. Brit
ish patrols have been in Miraumont,
but at the moment it appears that the
British lines are actually a few hun
dred yards west of that town, in the
neighborhood of Beauregard and
Dovecote, on'the road between Mirau-
mont and Puisieux-Au-Mont.
Fresh Troops Beaten.
The British are still west of Achiet-
LeGrand, but patrols have been in
the town. The boche counter at
tacks here, as we'll as at Mraumont,
were carried out by fresh troops
which have been seen rushing toward
the front from the rear in an effort
to relieve Gen. Otto Won Bellows
harassed Seventeenth army.
At Achiet-LeGrand the attacks
were in such strength that the British
retired for a short distance from the
outskirts of the town and contented
themselves for the time being with
pouring bullets into the enemy forces,
who. in their eagerness to win some
thing, no matter how small, rushed
right into the center of the target
formed by the town.
Southwest of Miraumont the Brit
lsh at latest reports had the enemy
with his back to the river Ancre.
Tanks have been working we'll to
the front of the British lines almost
everywhere. The battle was fought
under scorching sun, the men fight
ing over the dusty, she'll churned
ground, open shirted, OF with no up
per garments the sweat streaming
down their half naked bodies.
Moved Down in Heaps.
At many places heaps of German
dead, moved down by the British
fire, lay bakingsin the sun.
The total number of prisoners TAX
en- is still uncertain, but it is known
that at least 5000 have been cap
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