Republican farmer., 1918-08-30

The great battle in Picardy and Ar tois continues with unlimited violence. Allied troops, particularly on the northern and southern wings of the 57 mile line, from north OF the Scarpe to south of Rove, are pressing the Germans steadily eastward.
 Every means known to modern war fare is used by the enemy to stay the onrush of the British and French, but the Allied machine moves on. Heavy endorsements have been thrown into the fray by the Germans, mostly in the center around Bapaume. The one desire of the enemy appears to be to find a line where he can stand long enough to make an orderly retire ment.
 Marshal Foch, however, is giving the enemy no rest. There is no let up in the Allied pressure and each day the active fighting line is extended on the north and south. Each eXten- sion is marked by further gains, add ing to the peril of the enemy center, which fights desperately to prevent the British from breaking through. Among the ruins and shell craters of the old Somme battle field about Bapaume the Germans are putting up stiff resistance. Bapaume itself is now part of No Mans Land. but the Germans are clirging to every foot as bong as possible. North and south of Bapaume the British have made only slight progress against the enemy de- fense. Great confusion is reported behind the German lines on this sec tor and the enemy is digging a trench line to the east of Bapaume.
 North and south of the Somme the British press onward toward Peronne. They are approaching Combles after overpowering the Germans around Montauben and in the woods of the neighborhood and are east of Mari court, which gives them possession of the high ground north of the river.
 Dsompierre, south of the river and six miles west of Peronne, has fallen to Gen. Rawhnson. The intervening ter rain to Peronne is fairly level and open, but the Germans are struggling to hold the British in check.
 With the British Army in France, l Tuesday, Aug. 2S (midnight)- -(By l the Associated Press)-Driven from the high ground protecting Peronne on the west and forced beyond the Hindenburg line in the region of Arras the Germans are fighting des- perately to stay the British attacks in the region of Bapaume.
 Since noon today heavy reinforce | ments have been put into the enemy l line in the Bapaume region, for the l purpose, apparently, of giving the enemy time to dig in on a line par
 alleling the Canal du Nord on the
 west. His next defense line east would be behind the Canal du Nord,
 about six miles east of Bapaume. Along the Somme the British have
 pushed the Germans off the high | ground between Maricourt and the
 river. South of the river they have
 reached Dompierre, six miles west of Peronne. North of Marrcourt the Germans made vicious counter at tacks this evening and the British had to give up some of the ground they had gained during the day.
 The greatest British advance of the
 day was made south of the Scarpe. Gen. Byng's men are reported work ing east of Wis en Artois and, at last reports, had gained Fontaine leg Croiselles, south of Wis en Artois. Between Fontaine and Bapaume the
 British took ground near Vraucourt. A heavy enemy counter attack devel- oped and, as the position was a little in advance of the rest of the line, the British fell back temporarily. They | brought with them, however, five
 officers and 150 Uaen as prisoners.
 The same thing happened in the
 neighborhood of Flers, south of Ba-
 paume, where TO prisoners were brought back by patrols which re- tired when the enemy threw in a heavy counter attack. The German attack suffered severely from British | artillery and machine gun fire. Del vile wood (Devil wood) was taken by the British and then lost It is re-
 ported that it has been captured 1 again.
 Elementst of 16 enemy battalions have been found mixed up on a front of less than four miles near Bapaume. North of the Scarpe considerable progress has been made and the ward from Oppy and Gavrelle, which