The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . front the battle zone wasintact, though hard pressed at Ronssoy, and thegth Division still held their forward positions. In theThird Army area the heaviest fighting during theafternoon took place around Demicourt and Doig-nies and north of Beaumetz, where the famous sistDivision was engaged. Lagnicourt fell,
The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . front the battle zone wasintact, though hard pressed at Ronssoy, and thegth Division still held their forward positions. In theThird Army area the heaviest fighting during theafternoon took place around Demicourt and Doig-nies and north of Beaumetz, where the famous sistDivision was engaged. Lagnicourt fell, and for amoment it was believed that the enemy wouldbreak through between Noreuil and Croisilles. Hereached St. Leger, and attempted to outflank the34th Division at Croisilles. By the evening thisattack had failed, as had the attack against the 10350 WORLD WAR, 1918 //. Western Front: cGerman Progress WORLD WAR, 1918 3rd Division on the left bank of the Sensee. As three or four German.—J. Buchan, Hist<yry of the niRht fell the pressure still continued. It had the Great War, v. 4, pp. 192-193. been an amazinc day. Against nineteen British 5. Rksult of the first days battle.—At the divisions in the line the enemy had hurled thirty- end of the first day, ... the enemy had made. BATTLE OF PICARDY seven divisions as a first wave, and, before thedark came, not less than sixty-four German divi-sions had taken part in the battle—a number con-siderably exceedinp the total streneth of the Britisharmy in France. .Adding the reserves of the Thirdand Fifth .Armies, we get a total of thirty-two divi-sions against sixty-four; and, as a matter of fact,many British divisions engaged during the day very considerable progress, but he was still firmlyheld in the battle zone, in which it had been antici-pated that the real struggle would take had he effected that immediate break-through for which his troops had been training formany weeks, and such progress as he had m^dehad
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