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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance, 1916-07-20, Page 7BRITISH MAKE -MOE GAINS OVER HUNS IN THE WEST German Third Line of Defence Was Smashed At One Place i'allotal Advance is Four Miles—Two Defence ,e • • Systems Cleared. el London, July 10. - Fighting with the German aeoond'tine,Itiee'dee osult of dashes hero and Otero a the pie. which further Important; s ceeseee have been gained by Our troene. tureeque, resulted in further extensive eyast of uniguevai, clerapite the -gains Saturday for Gen, Haig's Beg- enemy's desperate resistance, we eel), lish troops in Picardy. tured the whole of Dclville woo4 and, ..-2 The Village oLongueval, which repulsed & strong eounter-attack with over° loeses to the enemy. i; f fr% Friday night marked the apex a the "North of Bazentin-le-Grand our :e13rit1sh salient, has been left behind, troops penetrated the German third •!e while north of Bezanten le Grand Bri- line at the Baia de Faureaux, in which :tstish troops broke througn the German we obtained lodgment, In this neigh- ..?; third line of defence and took meet of borhood a detachment of the , enemy was successfully aceounted for by a equadron of the Dragoon Guards -the first opportunity for mounted action afforded the cavalry eince 1914. "West a Bazentin-le-Grand we cap- tured the whole wood of that name and repulsed two counter-attacks, Here, anaougst other prisoners, we captured the conitnander of a Bavarian regiment with his whole staff, 'East of Ovillers a turther advance has been made, and our troops have fought their way to the outskirts of Pozteres. "All continues to go well on the British front, and at one point we forced the enemy back to his third ef'stem of defence, more than four ' The advance of the British is miles to the rear of his original front e marked by fighting unlike snything trenches at Fricourt and Mametz. :before seen in western Europe dur- "In the past 24 hours we have can- ing this war. The romance of other turol over 2,000 prisoners, including days is being renewed. For instance, a regimental commander of the Third against a position strongly heldby Guards Division, :Ind the total num- the Germans armed with ' portable ber of prisoners taken by the British machine guns there was a cavalry since the battle began now exceeds charge by the famous Dragoon 10,000." Guards. Not since the German leg- Tho Senday night report reasis: Ione firet swept down through Bel- "With the exception of heavy bone- . glum had the westere front seen bartiments by both sides, there was hbileinen advancing to the charge.' no event of importance since the last The trench warfare put an end to report. We are continuing to find thele The charge wen. The Olives.. large quantities of aroiament and dashing over a terrain peeked With' 'other war material abandoned by .the shell holes, swept through the Ger- enemy in positions captured on the man ranks, and, turning swept back. 14th and 15th, and yesterday five more The. rmans fled from the positions heavy howitzers and four 77 -milli. fleny'ewere ergenizhig. The...Britten. metre guns fell into our hands. lasses were email. "Last nigkt, covered by the detach - .And, white this picture brought to meet whieh had been thrust forward staring infantrymen a, vision of other te the .13ois de Forneaux our troops ciaaree-etceres of duels were . being were engaged in strengthening and ifought above the earth by British and improving our new positions. EurlY eGerraan. aviators. Low hanging clouds -this morning the Forneaux detach - !handicapped the fliers and the battles ment was ordered to withdraw into ,Were fought within easy sight of the our main lines, and the withdrawal etoot soldiers beneath. General Haig was carried out withobt molestation 4o -night announces that seven Ger- Irian machines have been "shot down ?in the last day and intinietts -thatthe. 'British, for the that time inehowani been,enontreleat 'the air. . The War Oftice has given out a et4ement by the 'commanding general 3,vhIci;li.:*shows that the British in the Uri) „Weeks of fighting have advanced roti miles from the German first line. 'inn?) successive systeent of powerfully organized positions, including field wprks, redoubts, trencli labyrinths, dugouts, underground mazes and sup- ported by a number of fortified vil- lages, have been carried. WI'rI-IDREW FROM THIRD LINE. With the exception of heavy bom- bardments there were no events of importance on the Somme battle front Sunday. The British admit a with- drawal from the sectione of the Ger- man third system .of defence- they , penettated yesterday. A night attack against the French resulted in the reeapture of Beeches and La Maisonette. The War Office at Paris to -night clainie that both vil- lages have been won back. The Teu- ton attack in this region was deliv- ered in a fog, the French. defenders of the town being taken by surprise. Before the Germans could organiee themselves in the two hamlets, how- ever, General Foch sent forward atrong reserves, whose counter-at- tacks forced the Germane to retire. While the German main headquar- tem officially tells of spirited fighting on the 13ritish front, General Haig to- night disposes of the engagements as "Of no importance." That the British are preparing for another surge is in- dicated, however,. by the announce- ment that the big guns are steadily bombarding the German lines. The howitzers, which have enabled the British to batter their way through two eystems of defence, have been brought up acrose the captured ter- rain, and are now battering at the third line. That the Germans in their retreat from their second line left behind great quantities of war stores, includ- ing some powerful gu.ns, IS made known to -night in the regular report froiai headquarters in France. Five heavy howitzers and four 77 - millimetre guns were ca.ptured by the British. Progreee on the British front eon- tinues moat eatlefactory, says Reu- ter's correspondent at British head- quarters in France, and he adds that the powerfully fortified Faurex Wood. ., To the north, pusning torward from the direction of Ovillers, the British .eeare fighting in the outskirts of Po- eezieres, Junction point of two military Proads and main obstacle to an ad- Z.Van CO on the heights ot Martinpuich, ..ftwhich commands the surrounding battleground. In the Bazentin, Le Petit sector ex - 'tending their gains. of the previous eday, the English have won control of tthe entire forest, which takes its -.name from the village. Here a Ba- varian high officer with the -whole of ;his staff fell prisoners. FIRST USE OF CAVALRY, ' " ea.; aillYePee .4.1,Sve$0..4.‘eihreel W011iatiealottiait Miletlaud Hours by Sepoy's Body. His Majeety the King hes • been graciOuely Pleased to aware the Vice torte Cross to the undermentioned of- ficer and man: Captain john Alexander Linton, U• /3„ Indian Medical Service, for most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. Although shot through both, arms and through the side, he reftesed to go to hospital, and remained ate long as the daylig,ht lasted, attended to his duties, under very heavy fire, In three previous actione Captain Linton 'Re- played the utruoet bravery. No. 3,398, Sepoy Choate. Singh, 9th Ilhopal infantry, 2na Army, for meet conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty In leaving cover to assist hie com- mending officer, who was lying wounded and helplees in tee open. Se- Poy Chatta Singh bound up the 0.1' ricer's wound and then dug corer for him with Ina entrenching tool, being exposed all. the tirae to very heavy rifle tire. For five hours, until night- fall he remained beside the wounded otficel', shielding him with his own body on the exposed eide. Ile then, tin- eer cover of darkness, went back for aesietance, and brought the offieer in- to safety, from the enemy." a • • FRENCH REPORTS. •' Paris, july 16. -Sunday night's offi- cial report reads: "On the Che.mpagne trent there was great otivity by French and Rus- sian patrols. On the left bank of the Meuse there was a violent bombard- ment in elle region of Chattancourt. To the oast of Hill 304 we have cap- tured sorne Sections of German trenches . To the right of the Meuse our troops continued -their progress to the west of Fleury, and made some prisoners. The eannonading eontinues in this region with great intensity. "The day was relatively calm on the remainder of the front." The Sunday afternoon report reads: "South of the River -Somme yester- day evening, -the Gerinans, proftting by fog, made their way along, the canal and hurled violent attacks against La Maisonette and the village of Biaohea, whicie they took by surprise, list out troops delivered a vigorous counter- attack, and: are again in possession of Biaches and La Maisonette, as well as the small wood to the north, where some Germans continue to resist. "In the region of Chaulnes, after a violent bombardment, , enemy detach- ments succeeded in penetrating our first line trenches to the north of Chilly. He was ejecta. soon afterward by counter-attaeks. "North of the Aisne, near Gulches, we effected a coup de main on the enemy trenches, which we have cleaned out. "On the right bank of the Meuse (Verdun sector), strong enemy recon- noitring parties attempted to ap- proach our trenches in the wood be- tween the river and Pie Cote du Poi- vre. They were repulsed by our rifle fire and by our curtalla of fire. "In the sector of Fleury our in- fantry made considerable progrees to the west and to the south of the village, Artillery activity continues very great on both sides in this re- gion, and also in that of Chenois and of La Laufee. Saturday nightea report read: "On the right bank of the Meuse the bombardment wee very violent on both sides the eeetor of • Fleury-. • There was no event of importance on the rest of the front." Saturday afternoon's report told of fruitless -efforts of Germans to make It, is reported the British have cap- attacks in Appremont, and the repulse tnred High wood and are rushing on of a hand grenade attack eest of the toward Pozieres and- Martinpuich, Del- Ayeenurt redoubt, ville weed was taken by South African troops. In the couree of the operations, the correspondent adds, detaehments of the Dragoon Guard and the Deccan Home came into action. They charg- ed an enemy position, killing sixteen and capturing thirty-four. The op eration was small, but it was the firat time that cavalry waa employed no Ouch since the early stageo of the war. Of the German casualtice in the •present offensive no estimate lo pee- • sible at this time, but it is believerl ether have been heavy, This is In- dicated by a despatch from the cote ecopondent at the front of La /Abort°, the :Paris newspaper, who wires as ;.follows: • • .a Trile British Mend 1,500 • Gantan einitliere Bazentin le Petit and cap- • aired' ee complete company. At 13ae etenten- le GrAnd :they: took .300 rrie 'tonere 'while' a complete regimental t eetatf feJl into,.theite hand& • eAt„.Longeval a further 400 prison - !vim were eaptured. On the Conte/. e Indisenetongnoval load Ilte booty in- teciudere many heavy tatteries." ' • -BRITISH REPORT. • • London, ,July•ille-The War Offite "looisetied 410 f011owing reports: !",•.`Theleattirday night report ends: .fightingoentinded all dar • ln Alhe .Pniferli-finifientoikt "'Kettet-of - be.centerteed need Week, .. HOT FIGHTS ON Rain FRONT Italians Sform Austrian Positions in Posina Valley Teutons Claim Ten Counter - Drives Repulsed. London, july 16. -Fierce fighting took place to -day in the Italian thea- tro of war, wording to reports re- ceived from both Vienna and Rome. • The Austrians state officially that ten violent counter-attacks delivered .in succession northeast of Monte Rasta resulted in heavy losses for the Ind- iana Italian troops have stormed and carried Austrian posittems at the en- trance of the Posina valley and have gained ground in Me valley of Tra- venanso. • ITALIAN REPORT. Rome, July 10. -Sunday's 'War Office statement reeds: the Posina line heap; figlaing continued. . .Deseatteeettennelen.enerines wbich' are hindeidAeoteleedrtifIlery oration, wo peefgries,eed-on the south- ern neini4.4.1V.90;tiaticni, south of Beretate 'Pigs- hied (ono' di Costen, in the Bette valley, where Vaezi Ira!, occupied. "The enenay has been strongly rein- forced in this sector and launched several violent counter-attacks. All were repulsed with 'heavy lose to him. In the Tofana region further enenlY counter-attacks on Catitelletto were repulsed. On the rest of the coastal front all encounters resulted in our favor. "On the heights above Peuma, hos- tile infantry attempted to approenh our positions, but were dispersed." 4 a • o..........*******••••••-•••** BIGAMY. Private of Middlesex Batta.- lion Pound Guilty. MISSIONARIES SLAIN IN JAPAN Rev. W. A. P. Campbell and Wife, of Toronto, Murdered by Robber Suminer Home. in air, according to the confieent claims ADIANs IH true that, from tido point of view, of the Britiell end Wendt officers, It ASCENDANCY IN -NO MAN'S LAND a German aeroPlane is rarely sighted, while French. aelatore are constantly on the wing. A dramatic and stertling novelty has been presented by the allied avia- tors in this groat offensive. lerenolt and British airmen have aotually eo- . operated in infantry charges, They bay° iswept over the battlefield at as low an altitude as GOO feet, and Kane of the more daring have swooped over the struggling armiee at as low a height as 300 feet, These airmen- have signaled to tits French artillery tele - Phonon, the preellie Matti= of the German guns and the locations of the German forces waiting for the French assault, They have taken great risks • of being hit by the shells of their own gum, but, according to the officers, everyone escaped, AERIAL TORPEDOES, The French have developed on a great scale their aerial torpedoes which are charged with a higher ex - nicely() than the large calibred sltell. These torpedoes can be hurled for a dietance of half a mile and fired with such rapidity that a second will leave the ejector while the first is still in the air. The village of Dompierre is scarce- ly more than a name, The reseetanca made by the Gernaans here, as in all the other villages in the neighborhood, seems to have been most tenacious. En the cemetery the vaults were used as bomb proofs and the (Awake and iron railings aroend the graves as bar- ricades. The French concentrated their guo.fire on the cemetery at Cur- ia for half an hour before the ob- stinate defence of the Germans was crushed. They used shrapnel shells which filled. the air with curioue green, opalescent VaPerS. One of the dramatic episodes of the fighting was the storming of a elift known as the Gendarme's Hat, 'wnich formed the side of rat old quarry. Ti.e Frenchmen reached the top and baited in the sunlight waving their helmets and handkerchiefs and cheeriag mad- ly. Reorganizing the defenees itt the cc- eupied territory is a 'vast engineering work. Light field rallroads•are thrown forward to the new line, numeroue solid roads are built across the coun- try and the ring of hammer on metal Can be heard in the intervals of artil- lery fire. The whole region is busy with Preparations for holding the newly won ground and for moving forward. The controlling mind of all this is General Marie Emile FaYolle, an elderly •artillery commander,who had been retired two years before the war began. Many Patrol Fights in Zone Between lAnes, With Our Men Winning. TRENCH RAIDS Good Work of Various Bat- talions—Bombardments Were Fewer. Ottawa, Report.—Major-General Sir Sam Hughes has reeeived the fol- lowing eommunicution, from the Can- adian general representative at the front: Canadian Corps Headquarters in France, via London, July 14. -There was a notable dimination in the vol- ume ot hostile artillery fire 'luring the last few days on the Canadian trout, (Duly one severe bombardment was directed upon our positions. Starting at 740 in the evening, it con- tinued. until 10 with exceptional vio- lence. Our heavy and field batteries responded with the greatest vigor, and under the concentrated weight of their fire the hostile guias were event- ually silenced. Our artillery on many occasions shelled the German lines. Eneray ma- chine-gun emplacements, observation poets and strong points were destroy- ed. Nuraerous hostile working Par- ties were also dispersed. • Our battalions in the front lines displayed particular activity. A deity toll of victims was claimed by our snipers. By night and by day our machine guns harrassed the enemy and hampered his efforts to etrength- en his defences. The slim and number of our patrols was Increased and an unqueetionable ascendancy established over No Man's Land. ENCOUNTER OF PATROL PARTIES One night a French-Canadian pa- trol under Scout -Serge Pouliot and Carp. Labelle was returning from an inspection of the Gernian entangle- ments when it enhountered an enemy -pgreyeleefeeequal• ales. Simultaneously bombs were thrown by both sides. Lod by their sergeant our men rushed at the enemy. The foremost two of the Germans were seized 'Mai over - towered, while the remainder of the hoetile party rapidly withdrew, carry- ing with it a wounded. man. One of the prisoners taken was a corporal, wearing the Iron Cross. On many former occasions Scout Serge Pouliot greatly distinguished himself by his courage and enterprise. Two other French-Canadian patrols had encounters with tke enemy. In both Instances the • Germans were driven back and suffered casualties. Another night scouts of a Calgary battalion located an enemy working party of about one hundred and fine' men in the open. Word was tarried back to our trenches, and the ma- chine gune promptly turned on the Germans. At daybreak two bodies were still lying on the ground. Tokio, July 16. -The Rev. W. A.. F. Canapbell and his wife, Canadian cite, sionariesovere stabbed to death early this morning in their summer cottage at Karuizawa by a burglar, The wea- pon used was a Japanese short sword. Karuizawa, which is an American missionary summer centre, has been greatly excited by the murder. At 2.30 oclock this morning, ac- cording to the police, a Japanese dressed in .foreign garb, entered a second -Storey window -of the cottage, and after awakening the missionaries, demanded money. This being refused, the intruder plunged a short sword Into Mr. Campbell's breast, mortally Wounding him. Mrs. Campbell struggled heroically with the assailant, and Was stabbed repeatedly, succumbing to her wounds a few hours leter. At the point of his sword, the bur- glar, the police say, forced the Japa- nese maid to disclose the cash -box, and he then made his escape with the $10.50 which it contained. The Rev. Ur. Campbell recently volunteered for service with a Oana- dian contingent in the European war, and was about to return home. Lonadn, Ont., july le. ---Pte. Iedvirtiel II, Barrett, of the 135t1 Middlesex Bat. lotion, notwithstanding Me. proteeta- tions of Mistaken identity, *lie found guilty Of bigamy by Policelanleistrate J. C. Judd to -day. TlefiVatil..charged with having marled Miss elide. Walker, ••••••••••••••••••••••• • RAID' ON ENEMY POSITIONS. At a different point -in the line, after a eb.ort bombardment by our artillery, five parties of a Winnipeg battalion carried out a raid on the advanced positions. of the enemy. The pasts were all found vacant, but close to one of them fifteen Germans were discovered in a erater, Bombe were at once thrown among them. The majority of .the enemy fled back to their front line trenches, but five or six were left lying at the bottom of the crater, presumably dead. The other parties, having encottntered no opposition, advanced to the enemy's parapets and bombed his saps and trenches with excellent effect. A patrol of a Montreal battalion under Lieut. Fryer encountered a German perty numbering over tiny men. Oar patrol at once opened fire with a machine gun, and the enemy some withdrew, leaving a member of dead On the ground. An attempted raid of the hostile trenche.s by parties of a certain On- tario battalion under Peptain •Scott and. Lieuts. Ansley and Greacen was frustrated owing to unsuspected en- tanglements close to the German par- apet. The enterprise was most gal- lantly conducted by all ranks. Under a withering fire of bombs, machine guns and rifles our men made re- peated and desperate efforts to cross the obetacle, and only desisted when the order to retire was received, Our party suffered casualties, but much valuable information was gained in regard to the etemy's disPosition in this action. Rev. W. A. F. Campbell and his wife were both from Toronto, the former being a recent graduate et Victoria ()Foliage, and the latter of the Metho- dist DeacOness' Training School in the city. They had been itt Japan lege than two years, having left tho city in August of 1014. Rev. Mr. Campbell, who was be his thirty-third year, was ordained in 1913 and preached one year in Termite. Originally coming ftom Cobourg, Rev. Mr. Campbell was a Ben of the late James Campbell, elf that place. Mrs. • CarnPbell, 'Whose maiden Wine was lifise Jean Collinson, wag a daughter of the late William Collin- son, of Toronto. Harttizawa, is a small town at an elevation of 3,180feet. Shinatth Province, 87 miles northeyeet "of' of Guelph, while bearing his real niene of William .T, Pownei, "He' after- wards deserted hereeetted* earning to London assumed the ntiltur.• of Vat: rett, to wed Miss Reknit Pihkham. The neeond 'wife folind receipts trent tbe Termite Genetal Jnpttal in .the Annie PoWneVo.,nifd,,the ,teetiffeate of . the Powney :marriage in 'Guelph, Wet ' the' propeeutionereatilted. Beth \Yea- rlings were aolemulted in .1915 after btirf aemtaintanceshipe." The ,prisoner had been entnleyed ae it baker during the past five yeare In. DellevIlle,e To - route, Guelph 'and Loeuipe... He will. Tokio. R is a favorite summeteng, place for Protestent ettifeeinnaries,, who' assemble there bet,Weefi'Jely, en,d*.g. ere(' lember to diseteroi enure& Mid, dilesione. ,etteetiettefre , „. •' , •. , •.•„ 1H,REE.,puku( JAY, London ..Stity, 3.6.-Tbat teernieey.ige4,e' terininee'to resume hoe Innen:tripe wat6 faro on the killed thinignm-ttnd hi Met Wes tweedy done °So Is indtratsti portrearliIng.ohorsto-night. of . sinking ,of three IcirItipb.„ytifOls,bk nedeee. • • The iota.% 'Were nhe Itetertierj Bitfr aria iirst.parasti, $.11, telt, ton .cable Ana being the Iereestept, the, three. The nett 'Mee was l, esteain -ketth tb it stoma Stoop itoth,of Istitali'intirEfoo, .0Po. attifV0A • Of. ail, three were rescued and tended. * • Cv ENEMIES KNOW FATE IS SURE French President's Opti- mistic Address On War. gays France Must Have Lost Provinces. ALLY AIRMEN NOV CONTROL THE GERMANS ma......••••••••• Huns' Aviators RarelY Seen —Their 13alloons Burned by French. - TAKE GREAT RISKS I CAPTURE OF 1 SECOND LINE BREAKS SPELL Veterans of Mons Retreat Are Joyous, and See Vic- tory in Sight. TERRIBLE WORK a.d.• •••••••••••••••••••. Desperate Fights .Around Longueval—Recapture Of Trones Wood. (13y Philip (flbbs.) With the British Forces in France, July 14, --The Britiali have broken the German second line through and be- yond on a front of two and a halt miles, and for tho tint time since October, 1914, the cavalry lute been tn. action. The men who fought In the retreat froru Mons look on the old days whoa the German avalanche of men swept down on them and say: "Through the second line? Then we have broken 'the evil spell." So it seems also to the men who fought in the rirst bettle ot Ypres, or the second, and then for a year or more stood in the trenehos staring at the zigzag German lines, barbed wire -deeply dug and fortified with re- doutts and machine gun emplace- ments and nearly alwaye on high ground supported by masses of guns. To smash through this could. be done only at 14. great cost, and no one on tho western front had found the formula to carry their offensive be- youd the first line without coming to a dead check at the river of blood; but to -day the British broke the second German line. FLAGS WERE AFLUTTER, Paris Cable. ---"The Central Em- pires can be under no illusion as to the possibility of reducing the Allies to a confession of defeat," said Presi- dent Poincaire in an address to -day, "and of winning from their weariness a peace which for Prussian militarism would be only a stratagem for hiding preparations for fresh aggression "They know well that the seas are closed to them, that they have lost their colonies, and they know equally well that the Allies rely less en the geegraphical positions of their treach. es than on the condition of their troops and their reserves, their cap- acity for resistance and offensive, and the moral temperament of their peo- ples and tb.eir armies, "We are fighting, not for honor - alone, but for honor and life. To be or not to be -that is tne painful prob. lera imposed on the conscienee of the great European nations. "We are seeking entire restitution of Our invaded provinces and those seize& forty-six years ago, for repara- tion for the violation of rights at the expense of France or her elites, and tor the guarantees necessary for a definite safeguard of our national in- dependence." • President Peincaire's addrets was delivered in connection with the cele- bration of the French National holi- day, The President bestowed decora- tions on the families of soldiers who have fallen at the front. He said the holiday title year was the occasion of the natioe's gratitude to its sons who had died to save it. Turning to- wards the families of the dead soldiers he said: "To you, ladies, especially, I address the deep and respectful thanks of the country.. You have shown what a fire of Moral elaltation burns within you, You have proved once again that You are sure .guard - lane of our tre.ditione and the inspir- ers of our great national virtues." • FrencA. 'Pliers • Dicfp:It6 300 et Above . .•-• flu.* gitotat. iletito. lifettrify Streng.oli great,:balifeenti -ee .you count. eixteen Withent lelesseee- is the 'firrit oltviotte %thing 'that 4 • Veporter seeneon Vent: • Next. ii1s eyes ;Vander. fo 'the: uncountable be.tteeiee'• adtleh. AbOveo• them aerial lelenhole eh:atone' eieingebeefond ;the • trajeettireeet the Gentian. Oit the German: side not it single vieiblet Iiiiftten have been lettetedlat "air..by .seeret trfeetnee,"kntieVai ,bnl$e t6 t the alike, initc.e tied effentive• bekatt, The: Gertatin artilfer3f is blinded Intenuteethe " biteekno* obteitted the thattety JOHN REDMOND Comes Back to HIS Charge Against Lansdowne, Because it was the 14th of July - 'France's day -flags were waving across the streets in a certabrold French town. Women and children were carrying the tricolors, and, as the wounded came down in the am- bulances and lorries, flags flutter to them, laughing girls cry, "Mere', com. rades." Old .men stand at the road- sides raising their hats to the English boys who took back a mile or two more of the soil of France. Scottish troops were among those who went first into Longueval. TheY fcught grimly, their blood set on fire by the music of the pipes that went with them. Before dawn and whe;n the British guns lifted forward, they rose from the ground and went for- ward across No Man's Land toward tho German trenchee. They had to make the , distance of 1.200 yards over open ground and came at once under a heavy shell fire and enfilading fire from 'machine guns. The Germans also used emoke bombs and the ground was plowed with high explosives. Men fell, but others went forward, shouting, and reached the German lines. In some parts the wire had not been cut by the Brilash bombardment: but the Highlanders hurled thetaseives upon it and beat their way through. Machine guns were pattering bullets upon it and beat their ranks, but not for long. The men poured through and surged into and across the Ger- man trenches. Every man was pro- .eicied with bombs, 'with extra supplies • coming behind. It was with the bomb-, the most deadly weapon far close com- bat in this murderous war, that the men fought their way through. The German soldiers defended • themselves with hand grenades when the machine guns bed been knocked out in the first line trenches, but as they sprang out of the dugouts when the British were upon them they lead but poor chance for life unleas by quick surrender. The trenches in the second Ger- man line were not deeply dug, and tlie dugouta 'themselves were hardly bombProof. This part Of the fighting was bloody work. A. sergeant, who later died, told this story as he lay wounded: "From one of the dugouts came a German officer. He had a wild light in ids eyes and he carried a great axe. "'1 surrender,' he said, and the sergeant told him If he had any idea of surrendering it would be a wise thing to drop the chopper first, but the German slung it high and it came like a flash past the sergeant's head. Like a flash also did the bayonet do its work -while the men were clean- ing out the dugouts in the first line trenehes, other men pressed on and stormed into Longueval village. The to eat fires there had died down, but tho machine guns wore still clattering in their emplacements. In one broken building there were six firing through holes in the walls. It was it strong redoubt, sweeping ground Which had once been a roadway and was now a shambles. The Scot- tish soldiers rushed the place and flung • bombs Into it until there was no more swish of bullets and only rising smoke cloLuginsguaenvdaiblwacaks ah dirt. env of charred bricks above the ground, but there is still trouble below the ground. Be- fore' it was. firmly taken there were ninny cellars in which the Germane iOnightink0 WOIVOS r.t. bey. And down in the darkness of their placee Men battled savagely, seeleg only the glint of each other eyes and feeling fot otticdhinog.ther'S thrOithe unless there were still bombs, handy to make a quicker ti FIGHT IN TRONES WOOD. To the right of Lonuoval and WWII of the second German line lies the 'Trones Wood, which, being en the light flank of the British attack, could pot, he left in German hunde.' The leeitish. ;bed laeld ft bit' a few 'hours, .but Gentile:It ehelffire •Ead made othe pike "tuttetta.ble. Into Wet fire somepreeeeh batten,* acteeneed yes. tprday morning.- ..1"TireY'ethe'lletI talike hei4" ;said a 'bia°141.1 etplosisse\rex*i; fell threu4 the naked treett and opehed out great shell craters. Men, wounded and unwound. etteosed the Atop ehelipite as their Only cover, praying that no other shell Would, come to. the same Mace and praying sometimes In vain. And while the wounded crawled beelewards, bleeding, front shell hole to shell hole, unwounded men crawled Mi*ward, keeping their bombs dry and ready fer usee crosiefire IA with bursting shells overhead, it Was a place of black sor- row in the Might, but the Roglish Wye kept erawling on to gain a yard or two before the next °mix eame, and hen auother yard or two. M last they came to the German line. The German riflemen were shel- tored behind earthworks and trunks of trees. The wOMI iNesta captured again. Then a queer kind of miracle hap. petted, and it eeetned as though those who had been dead eatne to life again, for out of the holm in the ground and from behind the fallen timbers and eleelled neve came it number of Eng. itaht boys, dirty, wild -looking, who shouted "Hullo, lads!" or "Whateehee, matey?" or just shouted and laughed with a sob in their throats and tears running down their grimy faces, WEST KENTS RESCUED. They were the Weld Keats, wile had first taken Trones Wood, and then had been caught in a barrier of fire. • One officer and 300 men had dug themselves into the roots of trees on the eastern edge oe the wood and kept the Germans at bay with a machine gun. In the meanwhile, a number of bat- talions were attacking tlae ilne be- tween Longeval and the two Bazen- tins, They, too, had found the wire uncut in places, but they went through in a tearing hurry, hating the machine gun fire and resolved to end it quiele ly. They stormed the German trenall- es and fought down them with bombs and bayonets. The Germans came out of their dug- outs and begged for mercy, holding out watches, pocketbooks, helmets and anything they thought would ransom their lives, and when they had been taken prisoner they were glad to carry I back the British wounded. CAVALRY IN ACTION. At about 6 o'clock in the evening some British cavalry came into action, They worked forward with the infantry and then rode out alone in reconnais- sance, In true cavalry formation. Not one in a thousand would have believed it possible to see this again. When they passed the infantry cheered wildly, joyously, as though the men were riding on the road to open country skirting the Deiville wood. So they rode on into the d.phs Presently machine guns opened fire upon them. It was in a, corn field with the German Infantry and the of- ficer gave the order to ride through the enemy. The dragoons put their lances down and,rode straight into the wheat. They killed several men and then turned and rode back and charged again among the scattered groups of German he Pantry. Some prepared to withstand the charge with fixed bayonets; othere were panic-stricken and ran forwent' crying "Pity, pity," and clung to the stirrup leathers of the dragoons. London iCable.--John eledm.onel, leader of the Irish Nationalists, to- day again took up his cliargektagainSt the Marquis ef ,Lansdowne In mother statement, in whieh he demands ,, the prompt produation of the new Irish bill in order to zettla the disputed Deities between hiniseit and Lord Lansdowne. The Irish leader in his statement Says: "Witli-etgerd to the deelaration of Lord Lareelowne in his speech of policy of naked coercion in Ireland, I am loath to 'believe that it represents it efteitherate deeisiort of the Cabinet, but 1 repeatithat sugh ti pelieY can • meet Iwith 'nothing but reeudiation,,, concliemnati0n4 anti oppoeltion on the peel ovi ,tito Itipttrty" PoLionityg.,LITIs INOREASeS,. New,arork, Report-a—A nine erease' in both the nitratee' edliew easeFiaid deaths AO Alto infantile paralysis, epidemic during the last 24 ho'driehlvas ithewn ter -day tiirie'repdrt of the HUM De.Perleteli0. ' the •J•leiiiouts•Tetiod, ending das thdre,eed,ere 1..efienex,efteee, and ehiplareh liVidefrt'etn? therelideaee , thh five berougheeof•New Xork;13rook: ' tem :;11Well'e egrestWef 'Member' af new tases in ,a 41-,n05 deinfit bo.tvot one3nrie 20.. There.were I NteOn "deaths tea 12'2 Wiest eates CAVALRYMEN IN A FIGHT First Horse Charge in a Year and a Half of War. Germans Acted as If They Had Seen Ghosts. British Headquarters In ler:Ince, July 15. -After makine a hrvittli itt the second German lin- e of defences yesterday cavalry detachments, Eng- lish and Indian, for the first time b,ad the reward af their year and a half's wait since trench wargaxe begon. They went straight at the face of the Ger- mans, who were engaged in forming a new defence line between strong points in High Wood and the Belville. Wood, which the British infantry wa,h attacking. It was 7.30 in the evening when they rode forth from cover, where they had been awaiting orders, across the fields after their patrols had felt the way. With clear going ahead of them and behind Ahem demolished trenches af the first and second line and an area of shell.-htfles, which made their progress difficultathey pro- ceeded to their rendezvons„ jneentry- men who witnessed the sight could hardly believe their eyes. When emu) Germans, armed with automatic rItles the fire front- which is palatally similar to that of portable machine guns, blazed from a wheat field the Dragoon Guards set their lances and charged, wheeled and rode back through them as might have beet done in the days of the Napoleonic wars. After bayoneting, bombing, gassing and shelling them for the first time in eighteen months of con- tinuous warfare On, the western front an enemy was impaled from a horse. The surviving Germans, who had not forgotten their drill, tried to receive the horsemen and drive them back with the bayonet. As the cavalry swept across the wheat field the surprise of the Ger- mans was as manifest as though some apparitions had appeared. The caval- ry went ahead until they found the infantry, which had not yet taken the Belville 'Wood and the High ilt000d, and were signalled to fall back and dig in until relieved by the infantry. They brought back over thirty Prison- ers, the only survivors loft after their charge. At one thne when the German ma- chine guns were troubling them, u. British aviator in a monoplane, flying at an altitude -of three hundred feet, circled the field four times as he poured the contents of- his machine gItti into the Germans. One division, whose loss in killed and Wounded was only one Man in every ten in taking a section of the tecond line en 'its front, was not as happy as the cavalrymen, who at last saw the action ended. BUSH NEAR THIRD UNE OF HUN DEFENCSE .Axe Closing in On the Ger- man All Along the Line— Daring Airmen. S. AFRICANS WON Oontingent Stormed Delville Wood—Guns Reach Ene- my Main Road. (By Frederick Palmer.) Dritieh Front in France, Saturday July 15, -Continuing their offenteve, the British, who recently broke through the German second line of defence, now have taken all of Del - Ville wood, which was stormed by the South Africans, and the High weed, establishing themselves beyond Bea zentin-le-Petit, advanced parties hav- ing been to the outskirts of Martin - Dutch, Posieres, and some other points close to the third German line of de- feece. The weather remains dry and warm. The operations after yesterday's ad- vance were more in the nature of open fighting, the Germans wring strong points in favorable ground which were good machine positions, to gain time In rallying reintorcements which ar- rive and dig new trenches, while the • British dig in opposite them with each stage of the advance. Frequently they are so near each other that neither side dares use its guns. Possession of stretches of woodland becomes as important as that ot vil- lages. The German defenders of • Trones wood had orders to stand to the last man, and the orders virtually were obeyed. Cases have been num- erous in the woods fighting where Bri- ton and GSM= have been pierced bY each other's bayonet, It is amazing that in the thick of the streggle at all Points stretcher-bearers manage to bring out the wounded. The Germans are keeping up a heavy volume of artillery fire in an- swer to the British indicating the ar- rival ot fresh artillery. British guns were able to -day to reach the main road to MartinPuich, which was crowded with transports, aeroplanes reporting immense destruction and confusion. INTIMATE SCOUTING. Everyone comingetrom the front re- marks upofl the paucity et German aeroplanes and anti-aircraft guns de- spite the reinforcements in other arms. British airmen in many in- stances have descended as low as 300 or 500 feet, firing upon German intone try with their machine guns, and re- ceiving the cheers of British infantry. Such low flights have resulted in re- markably intimate scouting. The scene of action has been car- ried for the first time beyond tha sec- ond main line of Germ.an defences since 'Stationary warfare began on the western front. • Officers returning from the front line speak ot seeing abandoned German guns, but saY they are too busy fighting to bather to bring them in. The most dramatic situation in the battle comes when German gunners strive to draw off their guns with British infantry withbe rifle range. In the grinding conflict which is cour- ageously forced to close quarters, neither the ground taken nor the number of prisoners is expressive of the results of the stake for which both sides are fighting. , British commanders merely say they have advanced farther than they expected and repeat the proceeding trough various stages in. the long and immense udertaking. ENEMY IN BAD SHAPE. , , ' Letters, diaries and orders taken from prisoners in the British often - 'sive contain enlightening news of elle state of affairs among the Germans. One of the prisoners, whom the As- sociated Press correspondent saw to- day, complained of the "poor, undis- ciplined material" in the drafts sent forward to fill the gaps in the regi- ments. General von Steins' captured re- • port of an inspection of. the German second line about the middle of J'alle complains that the trenches were full of water and generally in a bad con- dition, with dugouts insufficient in number; condemns the troops in that sector aa "a worthless lot of idlers" and insists upon immediate improve- ments. One set question which the corres- pondent alwaye asks of a Gentian who has fought on the eastern front is: "Which front do you like better?" • Without a single exception the an- sWethas bon "the eastern, it is easy over there." .As one of them said, this expresses the universal opinion, they tell of how they walk about the trenches in the east, allowing their head with - impunity, which Would mean death here. They dwell upon the greatly superior volume of artillery fire, the unrelaxing vigilance required, the superiority of the fortifications and the need ot a ratio of 6 men to 1 on the western front for the same number of mites of the eastern. , Frequent expressions of bitterness aro made against the Austrians for their defeat in Galicia. One of the officers in his diary refers to the Aus- Wane as "a slack, degenerate crowd." Two different letters mention the. re- cent allied air raid over- Karlsruhe, one referring to the lose of life as one hundred, the Other as 150. The desire for peace and the ex- Pectation that it will cone° is often alluded to by prisoners. •.Comnaand- ing officers in their addreetes to the troops speak of peace being near and of the ',enemy being Wiliest brolten. Particularly is France referred to as being near her IAA gasli.' The 'Ger- man Efilperor in his, speech also re- ferred to FranCO'S reeistance as that of despeir. . The correspondent who bas been ;with thentrmy for a year ,sayee the change ,in .the denieanor of the pris- onere of 'lath is apparent. That un- .betuling, confidence, w,hich in many amounted A°, a defiant Nannet to- wa,rd their enptors, has been sueceede ed by autitibility and ;1)11110°1)W no- ceptance. FOR INTERNED. British Proposals for Relief of Civilians. London Cable. ---The .proposale, made in the recent British note tie' Germany regarding relief foe,interned civilians vvere given teaday by Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of War Trade In. substance: • "All persons above the ,itere of 50 are to be repatriated to their reePoe-. ONO countries. "All persorts between tho 'figeg of 45 and 50, Who are unfit for etillitarr service, also are to be sent home. • "Of the remainder, Germany and Greet Dritain are to, intern an eattel. itronber itt it neutral totuttry." • Sufficient time heel not yet 'elapsed 4 - There Were mitehine gene sweeping fee reply to' be •reeelVed fron1 the "When I was a. little bOyel wanted a pair of boots With toles Unit repelled ,to my knees." "'trines lutVaellanged." "Yes. Now my.dettglreer wants thette" ID 1 "•.the tonthlern, end Of thce, Weeds with ' Gornto Governmetit. , ,r7Wat1).ington ltat,:bbronkii:" ' V•> ae'• • • •,e I, f V I • • • 4101-0