Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-27
STILL PUSHING ONWARD
British Have Captured 1900 Germnns
Since Wednesday.

Notwithstanding the fact that IN"
Germans have brought UP strong re-
lintorccmcnts on both wings OF the
hattie front. the British ana french
forces everywhere have beaten on th'
enemy and continued their victorious
progress.
MANY additional towns have been
ron,mrrd by Field Marshal Haig's men
| in the north, while the French have
successfully overcome obstacles placed
| i'm their way and reached territory
north OF Soissons which adds further
to the dangers of the Germans III IN"
NoN on sector and Ia their line running
eastward from Soissons Ia RhenhS.
All along the front from Arlhs I"
| the Sommc the Germans are Srauuall!
l.ing driven back 10 the old Hindrn-
| burg line by the British. Along the
s:anmc the enemy Is being haraSS'u
well 10 the east ot irlN. wh''e 'ar
thcr north strong Counter-atta"kS
have been rcpulscd AMI the town "t
MamrtZ. the Mamrtz wood. Martin
puich. IcSarS and l." Haoluc hav"
been captured.
Il Is around ISapaumr that the Ger
mans are Keeping up their strongest
efforts to hold back the tide that u
surging against them. but IN" hrlt-
IiSh are continuing To make silEht
gains daily in the process OF surround
/ ing the town. which seemingly soon
must bc evacuated. The taking oI
Lcsars and lie Baruuc appears To he
a forrrunncr OF this rvrntuality. l.r
ISaruur is only two ana on"-iail
miles southwest of liapaum".
EVERYWHERE except directly south al
l{apaumc the British are well across
the lSaJsi IInr- Nlb,It road and north oi
the town they are fast pressing Tor
ward the Hindcnhurg line. lnoiilclhl
reports have placed the British III thr
uutshirtS OF Bull, court, which ls just
west of the old line.
| Since last Wednesday,. the l'ritlSh
have taken more than l1.0Oo prisoners
land lar,,r numbers, ui gums and great
quantities uf supplies have fallen into
their hands. Some al the prisoners
taken hav" been identified as coming
from Austro- hungarian units.
The Germans are launching strong
counter-atiacks against the llrn'h
between the Disc and Ail"tt" rivers
| in an rndeavur To hold back General
Mangin's army. which * threatening
| the entire German front in this region.
Here also the Germans have been ~
inforrrd Icy troops from III" Dual
Monarchy. North of SoiSSonS in tn"
region of BagnruX. the French haN"
made further progress eastward AMI
now arr abreast the railroad lin"
running from Soissons Ia laun. \
| IconSilrIahlc number of additional
prisoners hIN" fallen into French
hands.
Detachment Reaches Pys.
In the ncighborhood of 1'hicpval. u
British detachment during the early
part oi the advance. managed 10 reach
pys. but soon foTrd itself surrounded
ON all sides by the enemy.
An arplanc saw the dctachm"ni'S
plight and dropped Il message, stick
To it," and soon after heavy British
formations attacked at this point and
drove Off the Germans relieving their
hard pressed comrades.
| Since then lys has been left well
behind. PoZicrrS southeast Of Thicp-
val. fell Sunday morning and later
Mamrtz was occupied. ~ well as
Martinpuich.
There was no sign of the I'orh-
around Martinpuich. although just TO
the south, bitter fighting continues.