The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-07

ence. are proceedins to hank the city,
using what the military men coll the
natural approaches, which are ANYTHING
but direct 1t seems safe to predict that
the city VIII soon fall into the hands of
the british and without any great cost
In British lives.
On the Fianders 'front.' the British are
sun advancing. having established them
selves IN parts of the old German front
--Qline east OF Neuve Chspelie and In
thsir own former lines In the, Fauqu,seart
sector. They have advanced also north
vest of Armentierss.
The British armies In the north, the
French armies In the centre and the
FraDco-American forces In the southeast
are all moving forward together, Ike
beautifully designed machine. all the
parts Of which, perfectly adjusted. move
as one, smoothly and ef1ciently as the
works Of hns watch. Along the whole
$50 mile batthe front, extending from
Ypres to Rheims. the Germans are giv-
ing way. anA nowhere on that long
stretch can they find moments rest.
since August .. when the operation
began. thers has been no real pauae. In
THE u Ainers nom all previous battles in
This fsRion. NEST Of all from thoss con-
Quoted on the German style. The safns
that have been nsAe, the NEST ippor.
tant so far scored by the Allies, have
been due more to strategy than TO direct
frontal attack and the same procedure
wac followed to-day.
The severe character OF the f,shtinr
along the southern end OF the $50 mile
fne on which the Germans are retreatine
hardly has been realized here, Il being
temporarily overstA lowed by the sensa-
tional events further north.
IL Is now seen that the important
gains recorded in the French official
communication are the reward Of the in
tense combat In tbs last week, tn which
Inc French and Americans had to over
come the desperate and tenacious resist
ance OF some of the best German troops.
Americans sim Go Forward.
The Americans on the heights To the
south Of the River Aisne were reported
on Thursday to be encountering a
romewRat increased machine gun and
afiiIery resistance but they were able
20 push forward and to contribute In an
important degree to the days specesses.
There 10 now . confident expectation
that further progress will be made and
IL Is believed here that the enemy will
DO compelled to retreat even beyond the
Chemfn des Danes. The situation seems
70 De unfolding rapidly and further de-
velopfnents are awaited with great In
terest.
There never was heater instance
OF strategical offensive than the fash
ion in which the Germans along the
Vesle were put to flight by blov
struck many miles to the west of them.
Had the Allies attempted 70 force the
line OF the Vesie taeticaily they should
have lost at least 10000 men, and pos
stbIy three times that number BY the
blow struck on the Scissors plateau,
however, blow which In any case
was inevitabie--the Vesle has been
cleared in the operations along the
Auette.
BY those same operations some Of the
finest divisions of the German army
have been prevented from holding up the
British advance and the Hindenburg line
thus has been broken by a battle nearly
100 miles away from II.
Though the German Withdrawal! from
the Fcsle IL the most SNOWY event In
this sector, by far the most serious one
was their defeat between Terny-Sorny
and the Ailette. II is 10 wonder that
their troops were commanded to resist
TO the last man, since IL they are unable
TO hold the neck Of the hil. to the south
OF Vauxaillen they will have to with
dsaw their entire garrison from the
Point Rouge plateau and fall back u the
last ridge from which the flank OF the
Chemtn dee Danes can be defended.