THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. POR TLAND, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1918.
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Gen. Byng Sends Tanks Over Top in Sur
prise Attack Under Cover of Early
Morning Fog; Enemy Gives Way All
Along Line; Many Prisoners Captured
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advance started, was reached by 10 o'clock, as was Achiet Le
Grand, three miles from the British positions. Courcelles was cap
tured by Byng's men early in the drive.
(Achiet Le Petit lies about three miles directly west of Ba
paume. Achiet LeGrand is about two and one half miles and
CourceJles five miles northwest of Bapaume.)
The British line in this sector now runs from Beaucourt, south
west of Bapaume, to Moyenneville, almost due north of Bapaume.
The British also improved their positions between Festubert
and the Law'e river, scoring; an advance there. The British also
occupied LaTouret.
British Orriclal Report
London. Aug. 21. (I. N. 8.)-"We at
tacked at 4 :55 this morning on a wide
front north of 'the Ancre river," the
British war office report Bald. "Our
troops are reported to be making sat
isfactory progress.
"Yesterday afternoon a hostile attack,
accompanied by heavy bombardments
against our new positions, south and
north of the Scarpe, was completely re
pulsed. "We Improved our position slightly In
the neighborhood of Fampoux, taking
several prisoners.
"We advanced our line during the
night between Festubert and the Lawe
rlvef and are now fn possession of La
Touret. "Early this morning English troops
carried out successful ' local operations
-In the Locre sector over a front of a
mllei
All objectives- were taken, to
gether with a number of prisoners,
Unofficial advices reaching London
emphasized that In the two local opera
tions In the Locre sector last night Brit
ish troops advanced their line 800 yards
on a front of 200 yards. Fifty prisoners
were taken.
Tfhe French Une northwest of Solssons,
where General Mangtn's forces have
been advancing, now runs, according to
advices reaching here, through Bleuxy,
south of St. Aubln to Blerencourt,
Caisnes and then to Plmprez.
Iluns Lose 21 Planes, British 7
London. Aug. 21. (TJ. P.) Twenty
one enemy atrplanes and four hostile
balloons were brought down Monday,
and various German military centers
were bombed, the air ministry an
nounced today. Beven British machines
were lost.
"Early In the morning of August 19
some of our squadrons combined In a
very successful attack on the Phalem
pln airdrome south of Lille," the state
ment said.
"Many bombs were dropped from a
low height, and machine guns were
used with good effect at targets. Sev
eral enemy machines which attempted
to Interfere with our planes were pre
vented from attacking by our escorting
squadrons. All the machines engaged
In this raid returned safely.
"Bruges docks and the railway at
Rolsel and a number of enemy dumps
were heavily bombed by us. The total
weight of bombs dropped during the
day amounted, to 15V4 tons.
"A good deal of reconnaissance, pho
tography and observation work was
also carried out by our airmen.
"In air fighting 13 enemy machines
were destroyed and six driven down
out of control. In addition, one hos
tile plane was shot down and another
brought down out of control by fire
from the ground. Four German bal
loons In the Mervllle sector Were set
n fire by one of our airmen. Seven
pt our machines are missing.
"On the might of August 19-20 our
squadrons again attacked hostile air
dromes and hangars, trains and various
ground targets were bombed and sub
jected to machine gun fire. All our
machines returned safely."
lng fronjt eastward, until now It reaches
from the Oise almost to Solssons over
an irregular line nearly 25 miles long.
The Germans ae rushing up rein
forcements In motor trucks and are
concentrating their resistance In Carle
pont and Ourscamps forests (border
ing the east bank of the Oise from
Ballly northward to Semplgny).
The French, however, are making
good progress just east of these wooded
areas beyond Nampcel, where the most
furious fighting- Is going on.
Mangin is now In possession of a
score of villages and many scores of
strong points. He. Is holding the entire
Carlepont-Cuts road (Cuts la four and
a half miles southeast of Noyon), the
Bols De Lamontague. Hills 130 and 141,
Belle-Fontaine and "Caisnes. He Is also
believed to have "taken Hill 156 and
reached the table land north of Vassens,
occupying Vauresia (two miles and a
half northwest of Solssons), Epagny
(six miles northwest of Solssons), Val
prleas farm and all lines southward to
Pommieres (two miles west of Solssons).
The number of prisoners which was
reported more than two thousand yes
terday, is steadily increasing.
Urgent Call for Men.
Ludendorff Is reported to have wired
urgent orders to Berlin for training the
class of 1920. Preparation of these
youths of 18 must be finished in 10 or
12 weeks. Such an order means one of
two things either the Germans are still
planning for a tremendous, desperate
drive this autumn, or the manpower
crisis is even more serious than ap
pearances indicate.
Military writers are Inclined toward
the former belief. They expect the Ger
mans to attempt a big drive this fall
unless Foch, meanwhile, keeps them too
busy.
The actions of the Germans in the
last few weeks, since the failure of the
Marne operation show they desire to
save their man power even at the ex
pense of losing territory.
Huns May Have Drive In View
Although they are putting up a stiff
fight at vital points, on the whole they
are. surrendering territory more freely
than heretofore. Likewise they are re
ducing salients and shortening "their
fronts whenever it Is possible. There
are other" Indications that the enemy in
tends to nurse along as many of their
reserves as possible and then will hurl
in every ounce of his power In a gigan
tic gamble.
Predict Offensives
WiU Continue All
Winter in France
Washington, Aug. 21. (L N. S.)
That - the present American-BrltlBh-French
alternate offensives along the
western battlefront will continue
throughout the coming winter was the
opinion of allied military experts here
today.
They based this belief on their inter
pretation Of the reported interview be
tween United States Senator James
Hamilton Lewis of Illinois and Premier
Clemenceau of France. The latter, ac
cording to Lewis, told him that the war
will have ended within another year.
This means, the military men say, that
the various offensives will continue
and many look for a heavy blow being
struck early in September, possibly at
a point that heretofore has been com
paratively immune.
The report from London that the an
ticipated American naval bombardment
of German submarine bases has com
menced is highly significant. The navy
has been massing its bombing planes
and Its highly trained aviators in France
and England and it is only fair to as
sume that the bombing of the bases In
Flanders Is preliminary to a general
and continued endeavor to destroy these
bases from the air.
LUDENDORFF
ISSUES
AN ORDER EXPLAINING
WHY BOCHES RETREAT
Retirement Made Because of
"Strategic Necessity"; Says
Allies Falling Apart.
Towns Taken In .Rapid Succession
With the British Armies in France,
Aug. 21. General Byng's attack began
shortly before 6 a. jn. and by 9 o'clock
the British ad captured Moyenneville,
Courcelles, Bucquoy. Ablainzevllle, Ach-let-Le-Petlt
and Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre.
By 6:10 parts of the old line were
passed. Moyenneville, where resistance
was weak, was captured at 6 :50. Pris
oners taken there said they had ex
pected the British for the past week.
Two hundred prisoners were reported
taken at 7 :05. Some machine guns had
peen captured. At 7:16 Courcelles was
captured.
No reports have been received from
the Miramont and Logeast woods, two
high points where trouble was antici
pated from machine gun nests. ' (Mlrau
mont wood Is on the Ancre seven miles
northeast of Albert, Logeast wood is
three miles farther north and a mile
and a half east of Bucquoy.)
FRENCH GET TO WITHIN
TWO MILES OF NOYON
Paris. Aug. 21. (I. N. S.) General
Ludendorff In an order of the day of
August 4, styles the steady German
withdrawal a "strategic necessity" and
attributes the allied success to the "sur
prise" In the attacks beginning July 18.
The order, which was captured by the
allied forces recently, says only the sur
prise of July 18 gave the allies any p;
tlcular advantage, the attacks "breaking
down bloodily." The German retirement
was due Xx the needs of rear llason, the
order said.
"The Franco-British infantry general
ly operated circumspectly, Americans
fighting vigorously but less skilfully,"
the order related.
The whole order apparently was con
cocted in an effort to buck up the wan
ing spirit of the German people. It con
tinued :
"All sides have been heavily rein
forced, but I have a feeling that from
all sides the enemy's attack is viewed
with some apprehension. Nothing justi
fies apprehension if our troops are
vigilant and do their duty."
The order said the tanks won the
initial successes for the allies, but main
tained that they would be useless if the
infantry did not let them overtake them.
General Ludendorff said he welcomes
the offensive which "will only serve to
disintegrate the enemy's forces."
The defense was held to be a more
severe test on the morale of the men
than the offense. The order directed
that It be read to all troops every day.
German Grip on Vesle Menaced
By Fred S. Ferguson
With the American Armies In France,
Aug. 21. (TJ. P.) The French advance
between the Oise and the Alsne is ren
dering the German line on the Vesle
more difficult.
As the Boche line is swung back east
and south of Noyon, the enemy positions
east of Solssons will become so pinched
that there is every possibility of them
being forced to retire before the Amer
icans from the Vesle to the Alsne.
American patrols are in close contact
with the Boches, to detect the first signs
of withdrawal.
The American artillery pounded
tsazocnes ( tnree miles west of Fisraes)
heavily Tuesday. High explosives and
gas shells were used by the Germans in
great quantities. There is a peculiar
state of warfare along the Vesle, having
the artillery characteristics of a trench
sector, but semi-open as regards in
fantry operations. Both sides have ex
tensively dugjn their front lines. There
are no real trenches, or communication
trenches, however, the front line being
mereiy a series or snanow holes.
The Germans, as well as the Amer
leans, realize this will not be the fight
ing line very long. The allies are ex
pected to push the Boches back. The
Boches, anticipating euch action, are
reaay 10 move DacK to the Alsne.
(Continued Trom Pin On)
additional important gains at some
points. Several more villages have been
occupied.
lie Is gradually extending his fight-
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Eugene, Or., Aug. 21. Announcement
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day following ; the receipt of advices
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the service.
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ganization and working of the stu
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London, Aug. 21. (U. P.) The dead
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