The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-09-06
Germany's Strongest Bases in
Picardy Are Occupied by
the Allied Armies.
NoYoA TAKEN BY FRENCH
British. Advancing Along the searpe,
Gross hindenburo line-oesperats
Resistance Of the Huns 10 Yin.
availing-American Man
Power Bill Passed.
BY EDWARD w. picKARo.

~ &SVShO w. Pf&NAnO.
Croisilles. Bullecourt. Bray. Hebe-
court. Chaulnes. Gommiecourt. Nesle. |
Roye. Noyon. Chavigny-one after an |
other the German strongholds In Pic |
ardy. all down the line from Arras to |
scissors, fell into the hands OF the al /,
lies last week. The redoubtable Hin
denburg line was broken through at
various points, and so menaced at
others that 1t was in a fair way to be-
come untenable, even before the re-
treating Huns could reach it. East Of
Arras the British had turned its right
flank. and the French, passing through
Nesle, threatened II farther south.
| Astride the Scarpe and the Sosnne.
Field Marshal Haig's armies moved
steadily II slowly toward the east, new
er giving the enemy an instant's rest.
relentlessly pushing him back In the
direction of Cambria. Peronne and st.
| Quentin. In the midst Of furious rain
storms the British fought unceasing-
| ly and tirelessly to overcome the des-
perate resistance put up by the Ger
mans The battle developed and
spread day by day until II became one
of the greatest conflicts OF the war.
In these regions, as elsewhere. the
Germans sought to stem the advance
mainly by innumerable machine guns.
The crews of these. left to fight while
the main bodies OF the troops contin-
ned their retirement. did fight, and to
the death. The Hun infantry In many
cases showed the greatest reluctance
to attack. sometimes fatty refusing to
obey the orders OF their commanders.
BY the end of the week the British
had Peronne under their guns and the
Huns were falling back TO the river
crossings there and Mt Brie. Farther
north, Bapaume was taken on Thurs
day and Haig's forces had pushed far
beyond IL on the north Having crossed
the Hlndenburg line. they were threat
ening the Queant Drocourt support
line. Perhaps the most important ef-
feet of their advance along the Scarpe
was that II menaced the group OF con-
verging railway lines that are vital 10
! the enemy In handling men from the
Belgian and northwestern French
| fronts.
J During the week the British took
something like 10000 prisoners and
more than 100 guns.
The seyerest blow TO the Germans
: was the capture OF Noyon on Thurs
day by the French troops OF General
Humbert. The city, which had been
D practically enveloped for week OF
more. was powerfully defended by tht
, Germans. who had counted on making
II the pivot OF their line 10 the north
, its southern and western outskirts
we're full OF strongly entrenched ma
rhine-gun positions. The French wer'
no, 10 be denied. however. Noyon i
n great highway center and its takini
= epens the way for the French TO driv'
the Germans back to the St Gobaii
: forest, In Fere and maybe 81 ouen
tin. The intervening terrain Is sue
that the enemy could scarcely hope u
make a stand there.
l. The three French armies unde
2 Hurnbert, Debeney and Mangin gave
+ snlendid display % teamwork In thei
y advances on both sides Of the ois'
e Mangin.s men crossed the river an
= took Morlincourt while Humbert va
]. outasnjxing Noyon from the west an
n south. and the Huns had the choice z
J. re,reating or being captured. On tn
n left the First army occupied ouesno
| ooS . strongly fortified posi- Ito
!. which the enemy tried hard to hci
r because II IL q dominating point
a On Tuesday the French had ca
.ured Roye. one Of the important Ge