The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-22
DRIVE AGAINST vERouN2
Two French States, Disc and
Aisne, q Dc Cleared OF
Invaders Within Two
Days, Paris Says.

AuVdAcluS Will LIE RKGG1SAV 1At
chine along 8 49-Imife front. have re-
miles Of territory, accomplishing this At
small cost to themselves, so carefully
a every detail Of b movement been
thought
In the Lassigny region west cf Hoye,
the Germans appear to have made
only q weak defense since the French
were able to push onward l3 mileEEat
one bound. General Neville, the French
commander, who is credited with pos
sessing almost uncanny ability to gauge
the powers of his opponents, is f0lloW-
ing up the ~retreating Germans with
great rapidity. 1T is regarded here as
doubtful whether the sWxH5 ina
it feasible to offer serious resistance
before reaching the basic line OK de-
fense between Lille and 6otssonss
days march from where they now are.
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Berlin, March 20. by wireless 20 ssay
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF territory over q
wider sector Of the French 'front.' ex-
tending from Arras to the Aisne liver.
lis announced by the German waE Of
flee.
Several lines of French trenches e
and 800 metres In another on the Yer
dun front were stormed Yesterday ny
the Germans. Nearly 500 Fsrencn QrIs-
oners were taken.
3MHAU-ERAMA -.-
Paris, March 2o.-Tomorrow OK the
day after two entire French deRart-
ments. those Of Disc and Aisne. viii De
liberated from the German ~
cording to reports from the It&hI1ng
front. The total territory now regained
is roughly calculated at 61V SquaIS
miles. .-,..h
the Germans retreated was almost All
against them, n n were naMls e
- -, ~ a - r,nuY 6nfnR 11E2G HI
force for the first time since The bafIlle
Of the Marine. $3.50
AT a few points, where nature offered
an opportunity for resistance, the S5er,
mans tried to make q stand ana lei1
back only after considerable fighting;
The are overjoyed az inc
liberation of such an extent OF terri
tory. Henri Bidou, one OF the pest.
known military writer's, y
.Our troops are advancing TO Victory
which, long waiting in underground
holes and trenches, spreads nef young
wings in the broad light OF day Wnlch
she sees again.
The comment on the military aspect
of the situation is moderate and even
cautions. lie Petit Parisien believes
| that the rapid retreat Of the Germans
very probably conceals some design,
| but thai there a be no doubt tnat
| inspired by Won Hindenburg, the Ger
man public will learn with stupefac-
ton OF the evacuation Of a region
where so many Germans have fallen.
THE spirit of the population and the
troops" says his paper. will be at
! fected and to wipe out this bad effect
it will be necessary to attempt some
operation on a vast scale This VIII
certainly be undertaken and at aadate
which cannot be far off"
BATTLE OF BAPAuME ROAD.
British headquarters In France.
(staff correspondent Associated Press),
March 20.-In he city of albert, where
the famous gilded leaning virgin"
still hangs miraculous1y from the lofty
tower Of a rather gaudy and fantastic
ally shell torn church. there a lofS
been a British sign reading ATo Sap
aume." 1t has pointed HI way along a
straight road toward the auaint PIC
ardy town transformed by the Ger
mans into what they term a modern
field Gibraltar.
Between Albert and Bapaume lie
battlefields of the greatest marital
the battle Of the Somme. but more Cor
rectly might be termed the battle OF
the Bapaume road. It has been a long
10 miles, but at last Bapaume has been
taken and the British khaki line ex-
tends well beyond it in all directions.
Every Village Burned
The gray German lines are falling
back now on a front approximating 40
miles. They are dissolving in clouds
of blue gray smoke for the Germans
nave lighted fire to screen in their
wake. No village is being spared from
the torch. The retreat on the British
front extends from well below Chaul-
mes, on the south, almost to Arras, on
the north, and covers about one-third
of the entire entire British Hne. II
has even extended down where the
French lines begin.
The British have pushed into Peron-
ne, where they had to flight Virtually
Of towns and villages have been taken
by the British during the day, and it
was reported that patrols had reached
as far as Nesle, southeast of Chaulnes
For a time it seemed as IL the Ger
man retreat would swing from LIE
Transloy as the southern pivot, but al
ready it has rome far beyond that
Everywhere along this wide front tn.
British are pressing the fleeing Ger
man rear guard and Bapaume wit.
messed lively street fighting.
Fresh Troops in Rear Guard.
The taking of that town meant :
great deal to the men in the trenches
One British battalion, due to be re.
lieved yesterday from . term of siren.
uous work, actually requested that the.
be sent forward in order that the,
might see Bapaume cleared of tn,
enemy.
From all parts Of outflung British
lines come further reports of progress
The German retreat is gaining In speed
Prisoners taken and Identification
obtained from the dead show that fresl
German divisions, including one re
Gently returned. flushed with v.stor,
in as a screen to shield the yetirinl
troops