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 Notwithstanding stiffened resistance by the Germans before the Hindenburg line, British and French troops con- tinue to progress on both sides of the Somme and Disc rivers in France.
 The west bank of the Disc from La Fere northWard to Vendeuit, a dis tance of about four miles, has been occupied by the French troops, who also captured two of the advanced forts of the defensive system of La Fere, supposed to be one of the Ger man strong points.
 North Of the Somme the Germans have been forced back to Savy, four miles west of St. Quentin. The fight ing on the west bank of the Disc, ac- cording to the French official state ment, was of the most desperate character, the Germans giving ground only foot by foot and defending them selves tenaciously.
 In the face of the German attempts to check the French progress south of the Disc by flooding some sections the French have advanced on the east bank of the Ailette river, capturing several villages and forcing the Germans to retreat.
 Roisel, seven miles east of Peronne and a railway junction point on the
  tin, has been captured by the British. At BeaumetZ-Le Leg -Cambrai near the center of the British line on the Somme front. the Germans attacked and oD- tained a temporary footing in the Vll- lage but later were elected. A British advance southwest and west of tocust St. Mein, southeast of Arras. on a front of one and a half miles, also IS reported by London.
 Grand Duke Nicholas has been oust- ed from the chief command of the Rus sian armies because of his connection with the Romanoff dynasty. General Alexiff has taken temporary command of the Russian forces.
 Activity has been resumed on the Rumanian frontier where German troops have stormed the Russian posi- tions between the Solyomter and Czo- banos valleys ana have taken soc pris- oners. Between the Silcha and Chva- nich rivers, the Russians have with drawn about two-thirds of mile un- der German pressure.
 The fighting between Lakes Ochidra and PreSba on the Macedonian front near Monastir is reported concluded for the present with Teutonic forces still in possession of dominating heights north and west of the Monastir basin, which is said to have been the object of the French attacks. The Russian advance toward the Mesopotamian border continues and i the capture of the Persian town of Ke- rind, 40 miles from the border, was announced Saturday.
 l General Letchitzky, who was in com mand of the southern wing of the Rus sian armies in General Brussiloff's of fensive last summer, has been placed in command of the Russian armies on 1 the central front, succeeding General Evert
 Brand Whitlock, the American min 1 ister, and the American relief workers ! in Belgium have been withdrawn and will be replaced as far as possible by joint neutral commission supervised principally by Dutch military officials,
 French Advance Continues WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN F'RANCE-From a correspondent of Associated Press, March "A. Via Beau vais.) 1.-The rapidity of the German re- treat has somewhat diminished but the French advance continues eastward of St. Quentin canal The fighting be- tween the advance and rear guards has been sharp but the Germans have been unable to withstand the pressure. All i obstacles placed in the way of the on- ! coming French are overcome with in- dcmitable energy and spirited with which the men are imbued more than ever since they left the trenches for the 1 open country.
 ] The hardships of bivouacs are borne with the utmost cheeriness because the French soldiers feel that they are lib- erating from serfdom their fellow citi- zens, who have been under the sternest German rule for more than two years
 The Associated Press correspondent with the troops encountered some of the difficulties that confront the pur- suing army. At five different places the French tried to cross the canal but on each occasion they Were pulled uI suddenly by yawning opening where a bridge had been blown up but event ually crossed by a pontoon.
 | As the French progress continued the extent to which the countryside has been laid waste increases; not a dwell ing remains intact. This is not the re- suit of artillery fire, but especially pre- pared bombs. Every well has been ren dered useless and the homeless people now must rely on supplies of water
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