ENEMY TROOPS AND TRANSPORT IN CONFUSION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16926, 12 August 1918, Page 6

ENEMY TROOPS AND TRANSPORT IN CONFUSION.

iiipp) GERMAN RESERVES THROWN INTO VORTEX. United Service, ."'/..„ ". > LONDON. An*. 9. ' : , .The correspondent of the United Press on the west front reports that prisoners are steadily streaming in to the rear of the British fighting line. Von der" Marwitz's and ; von Hutier's losses in munitions and other, supplies alone constitute a heavy blow to the Germans. Ten divisions have been identified in Thursday's fighting, and'. further -•divisions have been thrown in since, stiffening the resistance at various spots, especially in the Morlancourt region. The Wurtemburgers, who regained ; the Chipilly .spur, were ordered to, bold it at all. costs. The • cavalry elsewhere are rounding up prisoners, and armoured cars are dashing up and down the roads, increasing the enemy dismay. Tanks and "whippets" are manoeuvring across the fields, co-operating with the cavalry far- ahead of the infantry. - The whole area round the bend of the Somme is a tangle of German transport, artillery, and troops, all struggling along the same roads, over which low-flying aeroplanes axe attacking with machineguns ; and bombs night and day. All the crossings of the Somme are • being bombed mercilessly, and many bridges, including those at Peronne and Brie, have been destroyed. v "■ ■ French cavalry, tanks, and infantry, are fighting brilliantly on the British right /The position at three o'clock this afternoon was that the British infantry were following the cavalry and tanks 10 miles from the starting line. The total French advance is four miles on a nine-mile front. The Canadians captured Warvillers, 10 miles east of Moreufl. The situation is satisfactory, and the German losses, in : addition to prisoners, are very heavy, while ours are exceptionally : :>^;V-.:-3>:; V,^::'- : - , i : ',." ,;•?' : - . '/..