New Britain herald., 1917-03-24
lEI1NDENBURG LINE ABOUT TO s CRACK, IS FRENCH BELIEF
 ALLIES GAIN MORE GROUND
Critics e Confident Ger
 nany's Defense Can l. not Withstand Such Heavy Pressure
HEIGHTS OUTSIDE
 LIE FIBRE CAPTURED

< AHAN1A AA10 NIN A0AAC LIE FIBRE CAPTURED ;1Detepdsss Open sluices, Fearihe They VII lldt Be Abls U Hosd Town
 Reua,a Hbsas Repalsss q Alaiss and ys Aeir Loss in8 Dead and Fos ded T. Great-Russians Give way ins san1.ia-
 Incrsased peril tss the so4called , Hindenburs line of the Germans in northern Erance Is 1ilicated by to- sday's Paris ofiicial st1tement. The Fl French arc continuing their strong pressure fron St. Qnentan to the Aisns ; ana have driven thrpush to the oise SSavsrs directly north sof La Fere. Ap- z parentay they have sained control of the iigh ground in this resion.
 That the Germans despair of hold. ine n Fere. a ley point in the new; s. iiIlA. syvas fndicafAd by last nights An- { nOuncement thar they had opened the sldice gates and hooded the city. The. new French advsnce to the Otxe can Saard1y fail, to make the place still szores di1icult to hold.
 Further progreos was also made by the Erclseh further to tho Southeast, < cla the. eaDk bank 1T thu Ailette r1yer,s ' west Of IaoaA hGEe tho Germans. while Still HaJltnS hetk toward their new line, aDDIa t6n*ly ars o6er3ax . sstife resistance P1xi6 mil itaxy critics ' also point to - t3Sk1nan perilss hero. < where the left end sof the Gsfman slfne. at St. Gobain is. threateneds with z s,8 sssss @ 7 AreSt reports from the Brltish end z Ufs tho line also indicated strong aer- man reeistance. but tecord Iaisc fur- tileIs AayanosS kor Gelaete1 IIaisS y4orcess notahi h. rssiea sosta : east Of Arras. s sa9 3ss
 h part. .t Tt. ths asra su rsslrs nRent In FfnhcA may be ex6Ja lined by an omeial staxsment Of the new Rus- 2 alan, war intnistry In which it h an.I nouncsd fhat Germans are concsp- < trating great ,qpantities o1- munit lions. supplies and men on the northern end of the Russian front. B sfsS 40k0 1AeAG 04tebA AstN NOAl xk114IEN0VU8As who IS credited with establishinx the 2 nAw line in the west, is claased a sa s believer in the theory that . derdsion In the war can best be gainad by q campaign on the eastern front. against Russia- f ss
 Paris, March 24, 12:O5 a. m.The allies continue to forge ahead on the center and extreme right and made i substantial progress yesterday in the ! direction of St. Quentin and La Fere rsM the teeth of German rezfstance. s Nctwithstanding the efforts Of the < Germans to destroy the foads as they retire, the allies have managed to i bring up q good force of all but their }, heaviest artillery and the guns are { again busy after . long srAet-
 The pressure of the French from St. Qu4ntin to the Af1ne is so4 powerful that 1t begins to seem doubtful in the opinion of the French military critics. the Germans will bo ablo tp hold on o the so-ca1led Hindenburg line The Invaders have opened the sluicea at La sere, feeling that thear chances of olding the town are not good now hat the French have got a footing on hel high ground In the Juasy se&ion, northeast of Tefnier. If 00aletA1 N1- elie is able, to establish himselk In $his position his guns will command La Fero.
 Further south the French are mak- linz solid progress asainst the five mtle salient covering St Gobain and formed Fby tho lower Coucy forest. The col umnes here are working hand in hand E with 0olnmns operating northeast ol E kteofseonpsin the direction of 1aon. The  ! and their aAvance expOses the lef' kxtrlmity of the Gsstnan line ct st mo&Aan to the risk Of being outdanled .kn6 drtven back on Lion It is evi.
 that the German sfaf Is alive
 ths growing danger. for they are
 3ng desperate efforts to check thu
 s<h advance and the fighting il
 Fer here than in any other section
 lxench Gain Adore Gronnd.
 Sr4a March 24.-The Trench con.
 1bspush forward lat night 1T
 1exdon south of St. Quentin, 1T
 IT heavy lighting has been 1T
 xr&as for several days. They
 ched the west bank of the Oist
 of sHa Esrse ena ea,nsd addition on
 puma eaS d1 ta11s Ailette river.
 Entente Loss IT Heavy.
 March 24. by wireless tt
 Hf1ttsh and French cd
 force and German real
 sre bst<llng daily on bOt1
 the Rtv6I4 SonmS aIld Ore
 eFn Frances ays the oG1c1kl
 nf issued by German afIns
 .arters stan. Tn these engage.
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