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that the line shoots off to the north?
west the troops up near the Scarpe
reached its continuation, in the shape
of the Drocourt-Queant switch, earlier
than the other divisions.
In the north heavy fighting is in
progress on both sides of Bullecourt
and in front of that town. From south
of Bullecourt all the wav to the Scarp?
the operations are aimed at straighten?
ing the line and gaining ground. Vil
lers-Carbonnel and Barleux have been
taken.
German Counter Attacks Fail
Within the past twenty-four hours
the Germans have launched several
heavy counter attacks, fresh troops
being employed. In every case except
one the enemy was beaten back with
terrible losses, training no ground what?
soever.
The one exception was a counter at?
tack south of (?avrelle. north of the
Scarpe, where the Germans managed
to pemrrate the British lines. But
thev did not remain there long, for
they were driven out, and Rritish posts
were reestablished as before. The only
result was to carnet the ground in
front of the British with German dead.
There has been extraordinarily heavy
lighting for Greenland Hill. This posi?
tion was reached once by the British,
bu? was relinquished during a counter
attack yesterday. It is now entirely
Hritish once more. The British capt?
ured many prisoners. Every counter
?Mack delivered by the enemy also
pave additional, prisoners.
Enemy Positions Outflanked
Just north of the Somme the Ger?
mans are offering stiff resistance from
Ham, on the north bank of the river
' t of Peronne. They have dug them?
selves in here with many machine,
tuns, ton it. is not probable that they
will be able to hold out long, for the
pu.-h to ?he north will outflank the
position.
Except m the extreme north the
lighting is through villages which have
changed hands many times since the
w;ir began. The- ruins in some cases
became overgrown with prass and pop?
pies more than once, only to be churned
tip again. Villages reported from time
to time to have been captured are not
villages at all. They are simply mounds
of brick, stone, mortar and wood
?--round to pieces by tons of steel ex?
plosives.
Here and there a wall stands naked
in this war-created desert. Occasion?
ally near them lies a mass of old gray
clothes, filled with what remains of
the body of a German soldier. The
ground is littered with all sorts of
implements of war. some of them new
and some shot to pieces, and also
empty cans, in which rations had bren
issued. Everywhere there are. shell
craters and criss-cross trenches. Long
strands of barbed wire are to be seen,
some of it with the rust of years on
it and some comparatively new.
Dust Shows Shell Hursts
In (He distance now and then there
is a cloud of dust and smoke arising
from a "village," showing where a high
explosive shell has just landed. There
is a body of khaki-clad troops swin^
nig up a road, and one of war-battered
Germans passing it on the way to the
rear toward the prison cages.
This country is what the British
have been taking away from the (irr
mans, but not far away there is land
that the war has not touched since
19t'l. 'the British are. within less than
four miles of this country at the near?
est point.
Evidence continuos to be found
showing how hurriedly the Germans
left, and the desperate condition they
considered themselves to be in. Wells
have been found with high charges of
explosives in then',, with which it was
intended to destroy them. The Ger?
mans in their haste, however, did not
have lime to detonate the bombs.
Germans Driven Into a Pocket
By French Attack Near Aisne
, A',/ ihr Associated Press)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY L*
FRANCE, Aug. 20 (Evening). Th.
operations of the last two days havi
put the Germans into another pocke
between the Canal du Nord and th*
River Aisne. They will have to evacu
ate it promptly or run a big risk o
having their positions there turner
from the north by the French alonj
the valley of the Somme.
Since the fall of Noyon, which was
the apex of this salient until thi;
morning, Mont St. Simeon, a mile ami
a quarter to the east, is its advancer
defense. This height dominates the
valley of the Aisne eastward and thr
valley of the River Meve and the Canal
du Nord on the north. These valleys
were lines in the salient last night.
The taking of Quesnoy Wood this
morning has tightened the pocket from
the western side, bringing the French
within shelling distance of the main
road leading out of it in the direction
of Ham. The road from Noyon to
i hauny, which skirts the salient on the
south, has been under the fire of Gen?
eral Mangin's artillery for several
days.
Germans Violently Shell French
Between the roads to Ham and
'hauny a succession of heights extend
from Mont St. Simeon to Chauny, form?
ing a position of great strength. The
Germans are violently shelling the
French lines from there to-day, but the
imminence of danger, threatening their
communications to the north, suggests
that they are merely using part of
their immense ammunition supplies
there to ease the pressure, which had
become so strong as to require them
to abandon ammunition all over the
field of the Avre.
The French troops having gained a
foothold in the Valley of the Somme
northeast of Nesle, may naturally be
expected to advance eastward on Ham,
which will render the stronghold of
St. Simeon and the ridge leading east?
ward useless to the enemy, while enor?
mously increasing the difficulty of get
i ting the rear guaH out of the salient.
The Third French Army, continuing
.its operations around Noyon, advanced
'along the road leading to Guiscard to?
day and occupied Happlincourt and the
field of man?uvres opposite.
(10 a. in.) Noyon was occupied this
1 morning bv the troops of General'
| Humbert. General Mangin's men
crossed the Oise River and took Mor
lincourt.
The French First Army (Debeney's)
took Quesnoy Wood, just to the west
of the Canal du Nord. The wood was
a strongly fortified position and from
it the Germans endeavored to check
the French pursuit.
The rapidly succeeding military
events not only confirm that the Ger?
mans have lost all control of their
operations in the regions of (he
Somme. Avre and Oise rivers, but they
indicate that the enemy's own retreat
is getting out of hand.
Germans Save Some Gains
The effort to stem the French pur?
suit by fighting rearguard actions with
machine gun sections, leaving a sec?
tion at intervals of about 400 yards,
was only locally successful. On ground
especially favorable for that sort of
resistance, such as the terrain around
Roye, it gained some time for the
enemy, enabling him to move a great
many guns and a considerable part
of his material behind the Canal du
Nord and north of Noyon.
iVtit once this system of fighting was
mastered the strength of the German
rearguard dwindled to almost nothing.
The Germans, hustled violently by the
French advance guard, were obliged to
risk an engagement with important
forces or to quicken their retreat.
The Germans adopted the latter al?
ternative and since yesterday morning
j they have been making all possible
j haste on the road leading to St. Quen
! tin, La F?re and the Hindenburg line.
! French Advance to
Ham Gates Despite
Bitter Resistance
{By The Associated Pre??)
PARIS, Aug. 29 (3:50 P. M.)~
French troops are at the gates of Ham
' according to dispatches from thf
| front. The Germans lost three com
plete munition trains at Breuil, five
miles west of Ham, in their precipi?
tate retreat.
Actual possession of the village ot
Ham wili probably be delayed, as tht
i retieating Germans leave all ruin;
; saturated with poisonous gas.
At Champion Wood, Ercheu ant
? other points in the line south of Nesle
; where the enemy sought to bar th<
| French advance eastward, says "Lib
? erte," the German rear guards fough
to the last man and refused to b?
captured.
Some units of the armies of Genera
Debeney and General Humbert nortl
of the Oise River yesterday advance?
for more than twelve miles, aecordins
to the "Intransigeant." The newspape
jconfirms the report that French troop;
j have reached the region of Ham, an?
; adds that it does not seem possibh
j that the Germans will be able to hoi?
I Guiscard for any length of time
Guiscard is on the highroad midwa;
between Noyon and Ham.
The Allies now have won back mor
than two-thirds of the ground lost sine
j the beginning of the. German offensiv
j in March. It was wrung from them b;
an overwhelming effort of force an>
? they have regained it by the brillian
| generalbhip of their leaders and th
j skilful mar.ceuvrmg of their troops.
Peronne Outflanked
By British Advance
South of Somrm
LONDON, Aug. 29 (6:00 P. M.)~
Following their capture of Bapaum
the British to-day were reported to b
in Lcshoeufs and Morval, according t
the latest news this* evening from th
battlefront.
The town of Peronne has been out
flanked by the British on the south.
South of Peronne British force? to
day reached the eastern hanks of th
Somme River between Peronne nn
Happlincourt.
Field Marshal Haig's men art? report
ed to have tak<?n Ginehy and Guille
mont and to have reached the westerl
outskirts of Maurepas.
Immediately south Of Bapaume th
British bave reached the Bapaume
Beaulencourt road. Advanced troops
are moving on Beaulencourt itself.
The. British also have reached the
high ground northeast of Gueudecourt
and have nearly reached Le Transloy.
120,000 Germana Captured
The total Entente captures on the
Western front, since July 18 now ap?
proach 120,000 prisoners and 2,000 guns.
The British captured more than 2(5,000
prisoners between August 21 and Au?
gust 27. while the British total losses
in the same period, including all killed,
wounded and missing, were only slight?
ly in excess of that figure. A consid?
erable proportion of the Rritish casual?
ties are in the slightly wounded class.
The total captures by the British ? :nce
August 8 exceed 52,000 officers and men
and the ciptuied guns number nearly
600.
American Troops
Gain at Bazoches;
Lose Fismette
(Up The Associated Press)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE VESLE, Aug. 2S.?American and
German troops were engaged in spirit?
ed actions to-day in the regions ol
Bazoches and Fismette. According tr
the latest report the fighting continue.?
at both points. To-night, as a result o:
the local actions, the Americans bar
made sonin gams at Bazoches, whilf
the Germans had recaptured Fismette
on the north bank of the Vesle, oppo
si le Fismes. The fighting has beer
marked by much stubbornness.
Several days ano, when the Am?ricain
advanced in the region of Bazoches, thi
(iermans retired into a wooded strong
hold known as Haute Maison, jus
south of the Soissons-Rheims road
Small detachments were left, in t hi
cellars m Bazoches to harass thi
Americans. Tuesday the Americans ap
proached Bazoches from the west ani
maintained their advance during th>
night. To-day the Americans mad'
progress toward the town from th
east and south, a detachment takinj
the eastern outskirts this morning
Since then the Americans have mad
further progress.
Fismette had been held by the Ameri
cans since August S, despite Germai
efforts to dislodge them at variou
times in local attacks and by means o
artillery and machine gun bombard
ments. To gain this bridgehead th
Americans crossed the Vesle in fierc
fighting. For three days and night
after the enemy hail been driven fror
the village the Americans were withou
food or reinforcements because of th
constant enemy artillery and machin
gun fire.
The Germans maintained their pos
tion on the hills commanding the vi
l?ge, and only during the night wer
the Americans able to communicat
with the southern bank. The Amer
cans erected temporary bridges acros
the river at night.
F raneo-Americans
Advance 1$200 Yards
In Juvigny Regioi
LONDON, Aug. 20 (;7 p. m.).
French troops are reported to na\
captured Juvigny, north' of Soisson
They are reported to have lost Chi
vigny, just south of Juvigny, to tr
Germans.
PARIS, Aug. 29.-- The Franco-Amer
can attack against the Germans in tl
region of Juvigny, north of Soissons,
giving excellent results, according t
dispatches received from the battl
front this afternoon. The French ar
American forces have advanced aboi
1,200 yards, and hold the approaches
the railway.
Participation by the American troo]
in General Mangin's operations in tl
Juvigny sector was a complete surpri
to l he enemy, says "Libert?." Tl
units intended to be placed in the Hi
to reinforce the French were broug
upon the evening of the previous di
and passed the night in the thick fo
est, from which they started at dawn.
Suddenly, at 7 o'clock, they attack
on a two-kilometre front. The Pru
sian 7th Infantry Regiment, which w
in front of them, suffered severe loss
and was forced to give way.
Americans on Vesle
Deny German Clain
Of 250 Prisonei
i By The. Associated Pruts)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY (
THE VESLE FRONT, Aug. 29 (8 p. n
The Americans earlv in the day alo
the Vesle front sent over a lai
number of projectiles and gas she
against the Germans, who repli
feebly.
Patrols were active on both sii
during the night. The fighting li
remains unchanged.
American officers deny the Germ
assertion that 250 Americans w<
made prisoners in recent fighting, s;
ing only a few of their men i
missing.
Germans Fight
Desperately to Halt
American Advam
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
FRANCE. Aug. 29. The enemy, thot
he is showing renewed activity al<
the Vesle River, where he is surpass
his previous efforts to test the stren,
of the Americans, bias indicated
importance of the Juvigny plateau
bringing up some of his best tro
to check the progress of the Fran
Americans, which slowly but surely
being made from the deep holl'i
which the French are holdng, as v
as from the curious circular mound
the south of Crecy-au-Mont tow
the ridge line of tin? plateau alt
which runs the Soissons St. Quen
road.
The Germans know that when
Franco-American forces reach t
they will he able to obtain observ?t
which will permit the gunners to p
out their targets on the long hill 1
that lies between the plateau and
Vesle Valley, and that his gun pi
tions on this hill, facing artillery
from the south, southeast and w
will h?v to he relinquished.
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The Great War?1486th Day
THE NEW ALLIED GAINS
The solid black area indicates ground won yesterday in the Allied
offensive. Previous gains this year are shown by shading.
Where, the Allies have crossed the old Hindenburg line east of Arras
they are now within 1,200 yards of the Drocourt-Queant switch line
(shown by a broken, hollow line), the line of defence to which the enemy
retired in the battle of Arras in 1917.
Franco-Americans captured Juvigny M). and the French further
north took Pont St? Mard and Guny (2) and threw new forces over the
Ailette.
Week's Fighting to
Decide Results of
Allied Offensive
Ludendorff, Far From Be?
ing Beaten, May Escape
With Bulk of Reserves
Italy Still a Factor
Renewal of Attacks by Either
Side Will Affect Fighting
in the West
By Arthur S. Draper
(Special Cable to The Tribune)
Copyright. 1918, by Tlit* Tribune Assocli.
LONDON, Aug. 2r?. The battle is at
; its most critical stare an<' the next
; week will decide whether the campaign
j is to he closer! by a smashing Allied
j victory or whether Germany will
escape this year with a heavy reverse.
i The essential- thing is to remember
that the vital points are east of Arras
i and in the region about. Noyon; that
Foch, in supreme command, can use
Americans where he desires, but, that
; Ludendorff is far from beaten despite
? 'lie terrific blows that he has encoun?
tered.
! That the Allies will recover oil the
territory they lost in March seems not
loo much to expect in the early future.
Whether t.h.ey can get behind the Hin
. denburg line and force a collapse of
the whole German defensive system in
the West will be known shortly.
Italy may become a decidedly lively
theatre again this year. There are two
ways of looking: at the transfer of Aus?
trian troops to the West. L dendorff
may have replaced them with German
troops for offensive purposes or simply
to get, a stronger military grip on
Austria.
There is no question that Luden
dorff's plans before July IS called for
a push into Italy, but now it is n ques?
tion whether he can get men and ma
i terial. Ludendorff cannol embark on
any campaign, however : hort, unless
he is absolutely sure of success. Italy
is in good condition militarily. Her
! reserves aie strong, her supplies of
j munitions large and the morale of her
I troops high.
French, British and American air
I men, sailors and soldiers are helping
, Italy and there is a possibility of de
? velopments in this theatre of which
j there are no apparent indications at
I present.
The Official Statements
FRENCH
PARIS (NIGHT). ? During the
course of the day our progress con?
tinued in the region of the Canal du
Nord, which we have reached along
its entire length, except near Ca
tigny and Sermaize. We have occu?
pied Quesnoy Wrood, northeast of
Ecuvilly, and Beaurains.
Further south we captured Noyon
in a bitter struggle and advanced as
far as the southern outskirts of
Happlincourt. To the east of Noyon
we gained a footing on the southern
slopes of Mont St. Simeon and took
Landrimont and Morlincourt. We
captured several hundred prisoners.
Between the Oise and the Aisne
our troops crossed the Ailette River
at several points north and south of
Champs despite the resistance of?
fered by the enemy. Guny and Pont
St. Mard are in our hands.
Belgian Communication. -Our de?
tachments attacked last night on a
front of three kilometres north and
south of the Langemarc.k Railway
and penetrated the enemy positions.
All our objectives were reached and
maintained. We inflicted very heavy
losses on the enemy and brought back,
ninety unwounded prisoners belong?
ing to six regiments, machine guns,
bombs and war material.
PARIS (DAY). There were violent
bombardments during the night along
the Somme front.
German forces made many sur?
prise attacks in the Lorraine sector
without obtaining any results. The
French, for their part, made two in?
cursions into the enemy iines in the
Champagne and took fifteen pris?
oners.
BRITISH
LONDON (NIGHT).?Successful at?
tacks delivered since August 8 by the
Fourth, Third and First British
armies have rendered the enemy's
positions on the old Somme battle?
field untenable.
Ot? the whole front from Bapaume
southward the enemy has been forced
to abandon, with great loss in prison?
ers, guns and material, as well as
killed and wounded, the ground he
gained at such heavy cost in last
March and April. We have reached
the west bank of the Somme opposite
Brie and P?ronne, and have taken
Hem.
North of Hem we are advancing on
the general line of Combles, Morval,
Beaulencourt and Fremicourt. Sharp
fighting occurred on this front to-day
and many casualties have been in?
flicted on bodies of German infantry
who attempted to delay our progress.
This morning the New Zealanders
took possession of Bapaume, driving
out the enemy's rear guard.
In the sector north of Bapaume the
enemy is still endeavoring to main?
tain his positions. Our troops, after
hard fighting about Vraucourt, Ecoust
St. Mr.in and Hendecourt-lez-Cagni
court, made progress and have taken
many prisoners.
North of the Scarpe successful op?
erations to-day enabled our troops to
reestablish themselves in the posi?
tions on Greenland Hill from which
they were forced back by Ote enemy's
counter attack on Tuesday. We
gamed further ground during the day
on both side* of the Lawe River,
north of Bethune, and also east of
Nieppe Forest.
LONDON (DAY). South of the
Somma we maintained our pressure
! during the night, and are advancing
eastward.
North of the Somme, as far as the
| neighborhood of Fontaine-lez-Croi
silles, the night passed quietly on
: the battlefront.
In the British sector astride the
Scarpe River the enemy delivered
strong counter attacks during the
night, east and southeast of Vis
en-Artoie, east of Boiry Notre Dame
and in the vicini'y of Gavrelle.
These attacks were repulsed with
loss to the enemy after heavy fight?
ing. During the night our advanced
posts west of the village of Oppy
were withdrawn slightly as a result
of repeated hostile attacks.
The number of prisoners captured
since August 21 exceeds 26,000. In
the same period over 100 guns have,
1 been token.
In the recent fighting north and
south of the Somme tanks have taken
an active part on all possible oc?
casions, and have rendered very
valuable and gallant service and co?
operation to the infantry and other
arms.
GERMAN
BERLIN (DAY).?Pomeranian and
West Prussian regiments broke the
enemy's assaults again yesterday.
Effectively supported by the flanking
fire of their artillery, they threw
back tHe enemy every time.
Boiry-Notre Lame was the focus
of bitter lighting. Three times were
the ruins of this place recaptured
from the enemy by counter attacks.
After a fresh enemy attack in the
evening the place remained in his
hands. |
The tnain thrust of the British at?
tack was directed against the W?rt?
temberg regiments on both sides of
the Arras-Cambrai road. Seven
times the enemy stormed in vain.
Tanks advanced again and again on
and near the road, followed by in?
fantry in deep formation. The. at?
tack was arrested by the fire of our
machine guns and our guns which
drove up to the front lines. Where
the enemy penetrated into our posi?
tion our counter attack drove hire,
completely back again.
South of Croisilles and southeasl
of Mory British attacks were re
pulsed. There was no infantry ac
tivity southwest of Bapaume. /
heavy British tire was directed ot
the town itself.
In Tuesday's battles for Thillo;
Infantry Regiment 206 distinguishe?
itself. Although threatened in thi
rear by the enemy break-through t<
the north, its nine companies heb
the eastern edge of the place to th
last cartridge and then with th
bayonet. By their own initiativ
three companies of the same regi
ment came to their assistance an
threw the enemy out of the plac
again.
North of the Somme in the earl
morning the enemy renewed his at
tacks between Flers and Curlu. Nea
Hardecourt he penetrated our line;
He was rejected in a counter attac
by the Kai.-,er Franz Grenadier Guar
Regimen?, in cooperation with IL;
sian companies.
Between the Somme and i he Ol?
advanced guards before our new pi
sitien.^ kept in fighting touch wit
the enemy, who on Tuesday only fo
lowed hesitatingly, but yesterdu
more rapidly, advancing beyor
Dompierre, Belloy, Neile, Beaulit
and Suzoy. They frequently forced
him to make costly attacks and then
retire.
Southwest of Noyon, after the
strongest artillery preparation, the
enemy attacked our old lines. We
no longer occupied them. Noyon was
subjected by the French to the heav?
iest tire. The town lies in front of
our battlefront.
North of the Aisne the French re?
sumed their attacks in cooperation
with the Americans. They were re?
pulsed, with heavy losses. At Pasly
(south of Juvigny) cavalry and rifle
regiments beat back the enemy's five?
fold assault. Several tanks were shot
to pieces.
Per shin g Reports Gains
North of the Aisne
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.?"North of
| the Aisne our troops have made prog
i ress in the region of Juvigny, in?spite
i of the strong resistance of the enemy,''
I General Pershing's communique to
, night says.
"Our patrols were active along the
Vesle and in the Y/oevre, and brought
in prisoners."
"Section A North of the Aisne our
troops, in coop?ration with the French,
advanced to the railroad west of Ju?
vigny and captured 200 prisoners.
Along the Vesle local hostile attacks
forced our outlying detachments in
I Bazoches and Fismette to retire."
Germans Mutiny;
r render
?Til THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Aug. 29.- The defeats
of the last two days and the continu?
ous hammering seem to have almost
led to open mutiny in some of the Ger?
man formations.
The 214th German Division is espe?
cially mentioned in this connection.
One officer of this unit said his men
absolutely refused in a body and he
personally shot ten for their refusals.
He added that even that did no good,
for, as the officer said, "they were ab?
solutely helpless." He therefore sur?
rendered himself to i he British.
Numerous single Germans and small
groups are surrendering at every op?
portunity.
Germans often are encountered walk?
ing toward the west on the road. They
carry packages containing a few clean
clothes and two days' rations and ask
British patrols the way to the prison?
ers' camp.
$400,000,000 More for England
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.?An addi?
tional ?edit of $400,000,000 for Great
Britain was established to-day. This
brought the totnl for Great Britain to
| $3,725,000,000, and for all the Allies
to $7,092,040,000.
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Military Comment
By William L. McPherson
Copyright, 19IS, by The Tribune Association
( The New York Tribune)
WITH Ludendorff's beaten
armies it is no longer
"Nach Paris," but "Nach
St. Quentin" and "Nach La F?re."
The old Hindenburg line is drawing
in sight. Having marched over the
? devastated Picardy plain last spring
? in high hopes of a crushing decision
; against the French and British, the
| Germans are now scuttling back
? through the desert they made, bro
: ken in strength and morale. It was
! their final gamhle for victory. Soon
all they will have to show for the five
grandiose Ludendorif offensives will
I he merely a bitter memory of fail?
ure.
Von Boehn is conducting the re?
treat toward the French border. He
made one ineffectual stop on
the Bray-Chaulnes-Roye-Lassigny
! Noyon line, just as he made a tem
| porary pausa on the Ourcq line
when he was retiring out of the
Marne salient. But in Picardy there
will be no second halting place like
the line of the Vesle.
The possible intermediate German
| front from Bapaume or Bertincourt,
i down through Peronne to Ham and
i Noyon, is already being brushed
! away. Bapaume fell yesterday. So
! did Noyon. The Aliied forces are
close to Perenne, and are also getting
[ close to Ham. Even the line from
I Ham to Chauny will soon be threat?
ened. The retreat seems to be gath
' ering momentum, instead of losing
it. No reorganization of the German
forces seems practicable?even a
temporary reorganization?until the
Hindenburg front is reached.
The Germans arc still further
: west above, the Somme than they are
; below it. Their most obstinate re
? sistance here was made just to the
! south of Bapaume. That, city was
j evacuated yesterday, and the line be
I low it had to yield. The British ad
j vanced east of Combles and Maure
| pas and nearly reached the Ba
paume-P?ronne highroad To the
j north of the Somme, before it turns
I at a right angle at Peronne, they are
i within five miles of the latter dty.
i Here they are enveloping it from
' the north and the northwest.
On the other Mide of the river, af
i ter it makes its bend, they are clo*se
! to the west bank opposite Peronne.
: The whole of this west bank (the
i Somme. Canal parallels the river
here) has been cleared up by Austra?
lian troops as far south as the
Amiens-Vermand highroad bridge?t
Bric. In fact, the whole west bank
well toward Ham seems to be in the
hands of the Allies.
From below Nesle toward Noyon
the Germans have been trying to
stand along the Canal du Nord. The
French reached the west bank of
this canal yesterday along its full
length, except at two points. A Ger?
man stand here would create an
awkward salient, with its apex north
of Noyon, and put the German
forces inside it in a precarious posi
? tion. There are many strong defen?
sive positions north and northeast of
, Noyon. General Humbert's troops
?2:0t a foothold on one of them?
Mount St. Simeon?yesterday after
noon."
But if the Germans should stop
; very long to defend these positions
their line of retreat northeast to
Ham might easily he nit by the
French. Their line of retreat east
to Chauny is already under the fire
of General Mangin's guns, and
might also he. cut by an advance of
Mangin's army across the Oise.
When Han: falls the whole German
\ line of defence in the Somme region
I will collapse. And when this Hite
' goes there can be no advantage to
Ludendorff in trying to maintain an
' all .native front, anywhere to the
west of the old Hindenburg line.
In the region east of Arras, where
i the Hindenburg (Wotan) line has
been pierced, the Canadians ad?
vanced yesterday about a mile tow?
ard Bullecourt, the junction of the
German line before the. Battle of
Arras with the later line. The Ger?
mans have been counter attacking
heavily on both sides of the Scarp?
River. Here they bave a new peril
, to meet. For the. Hindenburg line
will also become a reminiscence if
the British First Army can drive a
few miles further northeast to Oouai
and a few miles further southeast
toward Cambrai.
Enemy 'Plane Downed
By American Aviator
(By The Associated Press)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE LORRAINE FRONT, Aug. 29.
An American patrol of four machines
to-day met a German Fokker in the
region of Manonville and dived upon
it. Lieutenant Armstrong tired 230
shots at the enemy 'plane. There was
a burst of flame from the aircraft aa
it turned and made for the German
side, falling as it crossed the line at
Pont-a-Mousson.
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