The Hartford republican., 1918-08-02
YANKEES wade
into HUN fire
Plunge Northward In Face
of Enemies Titanic
Resistance.
NEW WEDGE DRIVEN IN
Allies Pressure Strong On
The Whole Battle
Front.

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American troops have made bril-
liant and important advance In des-
perate fighting and apparently have
opened the way for further success
full operations against the Germans
in the Marne salient.
Enemy resistance of the stoutest
character was no obstacle for the
Americans and they now are on the
Fere-en-Tardenois- high
way Just south of the forest Of
Nesles. The advance by the Amer
leans Tuesday measured a little less
than two miles. French troops on
the wings also moved forward and
Allied pressure on the west and east
fanks of the pocket is being main
tanned with force.
Huns i'm Grave Danger.
In spite Of the tremendous efforts
put forth by the Germans to check the
relentless pressure OF the Allies north
of the Ourcq River. to-day finds the
German positions there in grave dan
ger. French, British and American
troops. fighting their way forward to
the east of Fere-en-Tardenois, have
driven a wedge into the enemy's line
and seem 10 be in a position to COM
pei hurried retreat from Roncheres
and st. Gemme, at the extreme bot
tom of the salient between scissors
and Rheims.
The Allied line to-day runs south
from scissors to Grand Rozoy and
then il begins to turn to the east II
passes just north of Fere-en-Tarde-
nois and continues to the apex of the
wedge at the village of Nesles,where
il turns sharply south toward Ron
cheres. The Allies advance in this re-
gion seems to have placed them in a
dominating position.
All around the salient there has
been a continuous battle during the
last two days, with the Geymans
launching repeated counter attacks
against the Allied lines. They have
all failed and the Allies have gained
important ground at vital points.
Will Retreat TO Vesle.
Immediately south of scissors and
west of Rheims the German lines are
strongly held, but enemy efforts to
improve his position in the latter re-
gion have broken down. There now
seems to be little doubt that the Ger
mans will retreat to the Nesle River
as soon as possible, any possibility
of making q stand north of the Ourcq
being seemingly gone.
Against the new British positions
at Merris, in the Lys salient, where
the Germans were driven back by a
surprise attack on Tuesday, there has
been heavy bombardment
In their advance the Americans
drove new wedge into the ensmy
lines and the Allies are now in po-
sition to drive the Germans back
by flank movements both east and
west of the head of the apex which
lies near Nesles. Most exposed is
the German line from the Nesles re-
gion southwark through Cierges to
Rocheres. The line is about four
miles in length and offers an op-
portunity to drive the Germans from
the region southwest OF Ville-en-
Tardenois without a frontal attack
against the hills to the south.
Check Flank Attacks.
Strong efforts have been made by
the enemy to check the Allies ON the
fianks, and seemingly they have been
successful. Attempts to drive the
French from st. Euphraise, an i'm
portant point southwest of Rheims,
on the eastern flank, however, were
defeated with losses. Berlin says the
fighting front was quiet Tuesday and
that Allied efforts Monday were re-
pulsed everywhere.
Some of Germany's supposed best I
the 4th Prussian Guard
and Bavarian division, were oppo-
nents of American boys from the j.,
Middle West and Eastern States. The /,
had outfought them Mon