Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-08-30
French and British Win Scores
of Towns.
HAIG'S MEN NEAR BAPAUME
Thousands of Prisoners and Great
Quantities of Materia. and Guns
Captured-EngIish Victors on
23-MiIe Front - Petain's
Troops Reach Nor
lancourt.

London, Aug. Z4.-SeVeral tnOuSduu
prisoners were taken by the British in
pressing their attacks along the 3O-
mile line from LihOne, near Chaulnes,
to Mercatel- Sous-SOmme, Field Mar
shall Haig announced in his report.
English, Scotch and Australian troops
captured Herleville, Chuignes and
Chuignolles wood, between ChuignOl-
les and the river. The statement says
heavy casualties were inflicted upon
the Germans. The British left stormed
Comicourt, Ervillers, HamlincOurt,
Boyelles and -Becquerelle. Haig's
right and center advanced on the east
bank of the Ancre from southeast of
Albert to the neighbOrhOod of Grand
court, gaining ground in heavy fight
ing" in the words of Haig's report.
British Near Bapaume.
The town of Achiet LIE Grand has
been captured by the British and also
BihucOurt, just to the southeast Of
Achiet LIE Grand and about two and
a half miles from the railroad juno
ton of Bapaume, General Haig's re-
miles, from the southeast of Albert to
the neighbOrhood of Grandcourt, east
of the Ancre river, the British have
pushed forward and gained to a depth
of two miles. Five villages to the north
of Achiet LIE Grand were captured,
and the British pressed on eastward
from them.
French Cross the Divett..
Paris, Aug. 24.-The French troops
have crossed the Divette river in the
region of EvricOurt and made progress
to the east of Bagneux and to the
west of Crecy-au-Mont, lying north Of
scissors, according to the official COM
municatiOn issued here.
The total prisoners captured by the
allies since July IS, it is asserted, are
well over 100000 1t is rumored that
General Mangin's army captured an
entire German division on one part OF
It's front and half another elsewhere.
Fees Greatest Disaster.
With the British Army in France,
Aug. 24.-Victorious on a battle front
of % miles, extending from the Cojeul
river on the north across the Ancre
and SOmme rivers almost to LihOns
the Third and Fourth British armies
under Generals Byng and Rawlinson
at a late hour were vigorously fol-
lowing up their successes Friday,
which apparently was enc of the most
disastrous days ever experienced by
the Germans.
The enemy has lost wide stretches
of ground, numerous towns, thousands
of men made prisoner, and large guam
titles Of materials and gums. He also
again has had heavy casualties.
Dead Germans in great numbers are
scattered everywhere over the battle
field. AS an example, 400 enemy dead
were observed during the day on one
small piece of ground over which the
battle had swept.
British Losses Small.
With all this fierce fighting and not
withstanding the fact that the British
at many places have fought over open
ground against an enemy protected in
pot holes" and strong points of other
kinds, the British losses everywhere
light.
seem to have been extraordinarily
This probably is due to the confusion
the Germans find reigning behind their
lines, as they are fighting a losing
battle which for them hourly grows
more disastrous.
Foe Throws in More Men.
Crown Prince Rupprecht had
strengthened his line at many places.
but this, instead of stopping the Brit
ish. simply meant that the Germans
suffered bigger losses.
Summary of Fighting.
From the northern edge of the bat
tlefield to south the situation at last
reports was as follows:
New attacks from the River Coieul
and south carried the British across
the Albert-Arras railroad embankment.
The British apparently hold Boiry-
Becquerelle and Boyelles and have
passed beyond the Arras- Bapaume
road.
The troops just to the south, who
for two days had been fighting hard,
istormed forward and reached Hamelin-
court, and are pushing on toward Err
jyillers, ST. Leger and Croisilles. Air
planes reported that British tanks had
crossed the road between Ervillers and
st. Leger, while some infantry was
reported to be less than a thouSap
wards west of Ervillers some hc3rs
ago.
! At. about that time an airplane re-
ported from their positions northwest
tof st. Leger and between that town
md Hamelincourt, and that the fight
ing British found time in the midst of
their task to cheer heartily.
/ Apparently the hard-pressed Ger
mans. rather than suffer more here,
whore they have met with some of
their heaviest losses, decided to get
ont This probably was one of the