Evening star., 1918-08-31
Advance From Canal du Nord.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE BRITISH FORCES IN
FRANCE. August 30.-The fighting
British armies again smashed their
way forward today all along the line.
There has been very heavy fighting
almost everywhere between the Somme
and Scarpe rivers. and under the force
of repeated blows, delivered with ma
chine-like regularity, the foe has been
forced to abandon many more town
positions and large strips of ground.
Once more the Germans have suf-
fered terrible losses. The British have
freed all the country south and west
of the Somme, the last Germans being
driven behind the river this morning.
Even there the enemy is not nnd1nS
rest, for the British have crossed the
stream at least at one place south OF
La Cha pelletts.
From Peronne southwark first the
British cannon and then the French
guns are hurting project1leS, big ana
little. on the other SIDE OF the river.
Just north of the Somme after 1t
turns to the west at Peronne the Brit
ish have captured Clery and are press
ing on toward Peronne.
The Germans have been trying ever
since the fall of Bapaume to hold the
line running along the road between
that town and Peronne. Brltisn pa,
trolls, however. actually have reached
LIE Transloy. directly on the road, ana
it is reported that Lee Transloy has
fallen and that a fierce battle within
a battle is raging almost along the
whole length of the road.
Eand-to-Hand Fighting.
Hard fighting is going on around
Beualencourt. which is astride the
road between LIE Transloy and Ba-
paume The Germans hold the major
portion of this village for the mo-
ment, but they seer destined TO De
thrown out from it, A bitter struggle
also is in progress at Morval, south
west of LIE Transloy. The fighting ap-
pears to have reached a hand-to-hand
character, and the Germans are said
to have suffered from the British
bayonets. Other towns in this imme6-
late neighborhood fell this morning
or during last night.
From this locality the line of bat
tie swings wide around BaDaume.
aa.,n and there 2 has be been more nas. h heavy a
paume, fell after being stormed.
Smother Foe Resistance.
Astride the road to Cambria from
Peronne the British crashed into the
Germans and smothered their resist
ance. sometimes again at the point OF
the bayonet. Fremicourt seems to have
DceIl tdhGI anu the ETlIlSH nave uTlN-
en- on eastward. North of here Vaulx-
Fraucourt. which contained a large
enemy garrison that offered the
strongest resistance with machine
gun, apparently has fallen in its en-
tirety to the British, Ecoust-St.
Mein and Longatte, it's surburbs,
again are reported to have been cap
tured by the British.
Here the Germans delivered a pow
erful counter attack and the British
withdrew in the face of it. The ar
tillery was turned into the trap the
Germans had made for themselves
and after it had finished the British
moved back again and mopped up
what remained of the Germans.
Other Villages Held.
Bullecourt is well in British hands.
. as apparently also is Handecourt,
Riencourt and Cagnicourt seem to be
in the possession of Field Marshal
Haig's men. Heavy fighting is report
ed in this locality, as here the Brit
ish have reached a point only a few
hundred yards from the Drocourt-
Queant switch line. which apparent
ly is garrisoned with every man the
German high command has been able
to lay hands on. They are waiting fc :
what they expect may come in their
five lines of trenches. which are pro-
protected by many belts of barbed
wire
But even as they wait they are
being harassed by heavy fire from