The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-28
Every Means Known To Modern Warfare
 Used By the Enemy
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(Continued from Page 1.) Bapaume the Germans are putting up a stiff resistance. Bapaume itself is now part of No Mans Land, but the Germans are clinging to every foot as long 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. D'ompierre, 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, Tuesday, Aug. 2S (midnight)-(By 
 the high ground protecting Peronne on the west and forced beyond the Hindenburg line in the region of Arras, the Germans are fighting des- 1 perately to stay the British attacks i in the region of Bapaume.
 Since noon today heavy reinforce ] nents have been put into the enemy 1 line in the Bapaume region, for the purpose, apparently, of giving the enemy time to dig in on 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 ot 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 las reports, had gained Fontaine lei Croiselles, south of Wis en Artois Between Fontaine and Bapaume tht 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, tht British fell back temporarily. The! brought with them, however, f1v' officers and 15O men as prisoners.
 The same thing happened in thu neighborhood of Flers, south of Ba paume, where 70 prisoners wer' brought back by patrols which re
 tired when the enemy threw in heavy counter attack. The German attack suffered severely from Britisl artillery and machine gun fire. Del , vile wood Devil wood) was take1 by the British and then lost. It is re ported that it has been capturet again.
 Elements of 16 enemy battalion have been found mixed up on a iron of less than four miles near Bapaume North of the Scarpe considerabl progress has been made and tn
 ward from Oppy and Gavrelle, whicl
 they hold.
 One whole German unit, possibl the remains of battalion, student appeared before the British wavin :. white handkerchiefs in token of sur : render.
 ' In various places where they hay '' been forced to retire the German
 have resorted to the old trick of leav
 ing "booby traps" which explod when battlefield trophy is picked LII A thrilling story of the war in tn
 air came to light today. A Britis Il double-seated aeroplane attacked 1
 German chaser machines and pursue = them well over their own lines. Soo . afterward it was itself attacked b -l 20 German chaser planes, 12 abov 'S and eight below. During the ensuin
 mixup the British claim they shc
 down one enemy machine in fame It ran for home and was pursued b SI the 19 other enemy aeroplanes.
 arrived at its field with the pilc wounded, the observer leaning owe < his body and guiding the operation ( the plane.
 With the British Forces in Franc
 Aug. 2S-(By the Associated Press
 British troops completed today tn : capture of Trones wood, north of tn
 river Somme.
 Canadian troops in their advanc
 astride the Somme yesterday capture
 more than 2,000 Germans.