Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-05
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 WITH THE BRITISH FORCES IN FRANCE. Oct. 4-There is tangible evidence that the Germans realize their position notheast of St. Quentin is extremely precarious. Roads in the rear of the preached Hindenburg line are congested with traffic and rail ways are damned with material mOv- ing eastward at a great rate On some roads British aviators have observed a struggling stream of civilians who are being hurriedly sent sent from the rear.
 The BeauvrevOir line having been pierced, the Germans soon, if not now will find the greatest difficulty in arTesting the progress of the British.
 Prisoners say they were given or ders to hold on to the last moment in order to give the Germans a chance to construct a line at Valenciennes.
 British thrusts between FresnOy and the river Scarpe show that the Germans are holding on with despera- tion there, probably in an effort to save some of their material and heavy guns.
 A New York division cooperating with an Australian corps north of St. Quentin encountered the everest Op- position, and, although suffering heavy losses, fought with the great est braSery, according to an officer of the Australian troops in a telegram which he sent today to the general in command of the New York soldiers.
 The Australian officers said that from a personal reconnaissance made by him over the battle fields east and northeast of Duncan post it was evil dent the Americans of this division from the outset had met with deter mined opposition. They pushed for ward in the face of an enfilading fire from German machine guns.
 The dead, of whom there were large numbers" the Australian officer wrote. were all lying with faces to- ward the front. Not a man was nov ing backwards when he was killed
 There has been fighting of the most furious nature along the British front today This has been true es- pecially along the BeaurevOir line, in the region east of Le Catelet.
 The Germans have launched six powerful counter attacks during the past twenty-fOur hours. As a result of one of them, the British withdrew for a moment from Beaurevoir itself and from Montbrehain to the western outskirts of the village
 For these attacks the Germans used two divisions which had been released from the line through the capture by the French of St. Quentin. All other counter offensives failed utterly At the end of them bodies of German dead were piled high as a result of the rifle, machine gun and shell fire and the British were in possession of vital lines of the German defense.
 The breach that has been made in the system of defense here is a mar row one as yet For that reason the cars which went out to it last night recOnnOitered deeply around new positions and then returned.
 The Germans now seem to be most 1 active on either side of the breach they fear that efforts will be made to widen it. Meanwhile the '. roads and railways everywhere in the l rear are crowded with eastbound traf- | fic. The civilians are being evacu- l ated from many towns.
 Before the counter attack on Mont . brehain, 12O French civilians who . had been in German hands since 1914, | and who hid in cellars during the Bri- | .ish bombardment were rescued and