Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-03
Furious Fighting.

The fighting was as furious as any
since the war began and increased in
intensity as the British battled their
way forward meeting the ever-grow-
ing resistance of the enemy. who
had put in every available man and
was rushing up reserves at the rear.
Thousands of prisoners have been
captured; the roads to the British
rear are literally jammed with them.
There has been fierce fighting in
Dury, which was taken by the British
and Mount Dury. which the Ger
mans held in great strength. was
stormed. The British went on after
killing enormous numbers Of the
enemy. The Germans died fighting
here as elsewhere.
CagnirourtN wood and Cagnicourt
have been captured aud Bois De
Bouche, to the southwest, Is reported
also to have been occupied.
There has been heavy fighting in
Buissy. northeast of Queant. Large
numbers of prisoners have been cap
tured and progress made against the
northern end of the Queant-Drocourt
line.
Hun Dead in Piles
During the night there was heavy
fighting around the British positions.
which were almost jammed up
against the great German defense
system. Piles Of dead Germans was
one OF the results. During one
enemy attack a sergeant with q ma
chine gun killed 90 Germans who
tried to rush him.
1t was soon after 5 o'clock in the
morning that the massed British can
non broke loose with roar that was
heard for miles in crash barrage.
The whole sky seemed ablaze as
thousands of British shells poured
into the German wires and lines.
When the barrage raised the Cana
dians and English swarmed over the
top. just behind them were num-
erous tanks of all sizes. They had
been over only minute when the
enemy opened with counter bar
rage, which is said to have been by
far the strongest he has put down
since the British offensive began.
The instant the British appeared
the Germans in many cases jumped
out of the, trenches and held their
hands high above their heads. In
some cases the British met a hail of
machine. gun bullets. They pushed
on. Quickly the first line was over
come.
Germans in Panic.
. From~all along the line came re-
ports that the Germans were panic
stricken and many of them were
found covering in holes, screaming
with fright.
By 7:30 o'clock the British had
passed the German front and support
lines. Then the motor machine guns
dashed out into the good roads at
the German rear. Tanks also man
aged to get through and they are
working far in advance of the infan-
try.
Some of the fast motor machine
guns are reported by the airplanes
to have made their way along the
Canal Du Nord on the roads between
Douai and Marqui. while others are
reported to be holding the bridge
heads against large numbers of Ger
man reserves, who certainly are conl-
ing up in the rear.
Along the Arras- Cambria road the
british have made good PROGRESS and
Viliers Ies-Cagnieourt, which was
protected by special belts of wire and
powerful trench system, was the
scene of desnerate fighting. Both
Villers Leg Caonicourt and Caeni-
court are in British hands and the
British have carried the battle con-
siderably'to the east of this.
Canadians Plunge Ahead.
Canadian Headquarters in France,
Sept. 2.-Canadian troops attacked this
morning astride the Arras-C -Cambrai
road on a front of five miles and
broke through the Drocourt-Q -Queant
switch line on front of two miles.
The Canadians are reported to be
in Dury and also to have reached the
western edge of Cagnicourt. Con-
siderable fighting is taking place on
the high ground between Dury and
Etaing, A, large number Of Germans
have been, taken prisoner -