The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-20
Ronfed On Hundred
Mile Front They
Lose Heavily
Forty villages In The
Hands of British
and French
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NEW YORK, March 20-Thc
IN great German retreat con-
tinued yesterday, and the disaster
to the German army spread fast,
for whereas, the reports on Sun
day night indicated that the Allies
were advancing upon a front but
little more than eighty-two miles
wide, yesterday that front had
widened until last nights reports
Indicated that the French and
British are advancing steadily
overmore than one hundred miles,
and that to the twelve miles adj
vance which they had made Sun
day, they added from two to four
miles, bringing them in places as
much as fourteen miles from their
starting point.
The French found less resis-
tance to their advance than did
the British, to Judge by the re-
ports from the fighting fronts. and
in places they managed to pene-
tfate inlo the German. tanks As
much as eight miles, They cap
tured the city Of Ham, al import
ant railroad and road center, and
one for which the Germans made
a hot fight, and they also took the
city Of Chauney, to the southeast
Of Ham, where the Germans, also
made a desperate struggle.
The first result of the gains
registered by the French advance
Of yesterday is that the Saint
Quentin-Laon road is being mem
aced by the French, and that the
fall Of those two cities, possibly
the most important from a mill
tary point OF view in that whole
section, may be regarded as being
as sure as anything can be in war
fare. tt
The new battle front, on which the.
Germans are Falling back extends from
the region around Arras south and,
southeast to Ham, whence IL turns
abruptly eastward and aigzags to the
southeast to a point northeast Of Sois-
sons. In that whole district, including
a large portion of the French districts
of the Aisne and the Disc, the Germans
have been driven back from twelve to
twenty miles and the latest reports
last night declared that they are still
retreating harried and harrassed by
the clouds of British and French cav
airy turned loose by Generals Haig and
Neville, to prevent any stopping Of
the retreating Teutons until the Allied
infahtry and heavy guns have chance
10 come upon the scene and further
smash the routed troops of the German
Kaiser. ,5ss
Some idea OF the magnitude of the
German retreat can be got in the Of
ficial announcement that the British
alone have retaken more than forty
more villages from their German mas
ters, who have held them for more than
two years. This in addition to the
sixty odd villages the troops under Haig
took in the first day Of the retreat.
London last night reported that the
British troops moving east OF Bapaume
have advanced in the direction of Cam
brai, the great Industrial city of
northern France, and the center of the
coal mine region, more than four miles
Cambrai Is sixteen miles from Ba.
paume by the national road, which the
Germans are reported to have de-
stroyed wherever possible In their re-
treat. Southeast of Bapaume the Brit
ish have struck easier going and they
have advanced to the little town Of
Ytres, which IL six miles east.southeast
of the city. In both of these sectors
they are still advancing rapidly, the
Germans being unable TO halt long
enough to bring their artillery and
heavy guns into play, being harried
by the British cavalry, which is hang
ing upon their TANKS,
Reports from the front say that the
French and British army machine is
working like clock, the advance being
conducted with perfect precision, and
without allowing the fleeing Teutons
opportunity to retaliate, so that the
Allies are winning ground at but little
cost in men.
The French have taken the important