Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-13


the front between MOntdidier
and the Disc, the French pushed
their advanced posts forward
approximately five hundred
yards in the vicinity of the
Porte farm, the war Office an
nOunced today.
On the French Front in France,
Friday. July 12-(By the Asso-
Ciated Press. 1.-The superbly exc
cuted local action carried out by
the French today southeast Of
Amiens not only gave them a large
batch of prisoners but brought into
their possession the entire Rouvrel-
les plateau dominating the region
between the rivers Avre and
Moreuil, and the Noye, through
which the main railroad from Paris
to Amiens passes and which has
been in the hands of the enemy
since March.
More than 500 German officers
and men already captured have
been sent to the rear and others
are arriving.
British Take So Huns.
London, July 13.-Successful
minor enterprises were carried out
by the British last night on the
Flanders front near Vieux Berquin
and Merris, as a result of which SO
prisoners were taken and few ma
chine guns captured, the war Office
announced today.
A German raiding party which
advanced upon the British lines in
Flanders, in the Meteren sector,
was repulsed.
The German artillery developed
activity during the night on the
Flanders front opposite Beaumont
Hamel.
(By the Associated Press.)
Success has crowned further al
lied smashes into the German lines
between Ypres and Reims. For
more than two weeks the allies
have been iamming into the Ger
man defenses here and there and
the results now are just as favor
able as at the beginning.
For the first time since the attri-
tion campaign was undertaken the
French have struck with force in
the Picardy battlefield.
Capture 500 Prisoners.
Along the Avre river, northwest
of Montdidier, the French advanced
their lines more than a mile on a
front of three miles and captured
over five hundred prisoners. This
blow. like the recent ones by the
British astride the Somme, has
driven the enemy back on a sector
vital to the defense Of Amiens, the
objective of the first German Of
fensive begun on March 81.
In capturing Castel and strong
fortified positions the French have
advanced almost to the western
bank of the Avre. Further gains
southwark toward Mailly-Raineval
will endanger seriously the German
positions west of the Avre to be-
low Montdidier, west of which the
Americans hold Cantigny. In an
advance toward Amiens. the Ger
mans would either follow the
Somme or go up the valley of the
Avre which joins the SOmme near
Amiens.
Last night was rather less active
than has been the case recently in
the way of fresh enterprises by the
entente troops under the present
plan of pounding the German lines
here and there at frequent inter
walls The French, however, were
engaged in a lively little operation
in the region northwest of Com
peigne, where earlier in the week
they pushed sharply into the Ger
man lines at the apex of the wedge
formed when the Germans were
compelled to halt their abortive
rush toward Paris on the Mont
front last month.
Advance Fourth of Mile.
The action of last evening car
ried the French advanced lines
ahead more than a quarter Of
mile in Porte fort region, to the
west OF the cOmpeigne road run
ming past Antheuil They also car
ried out raiding operations in tho
region OF the Avre. southeast of !
Amiens, in the vicinity of the line. :
on which their successful thrust of
Yesterday was carried out and at /
other points further east along the .
front
The British activities were con- (
fined to .aldiug operations mainly I
in the Flanders area, in which /
nearly one hundred prisoners and /,
a few machine guns were taken. I
The enemy artillery is continuing !
to show more or less activity on 4
the Flanders front.