The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-08-22
NEWS NUBS FOR HASTY READING
The European War.

says: The French Army is encirclin.
the town of Roye. The advance ut
Villers-Les-R Roye makes the fall Of
Roye inevitable. Possession of the
town by French troops would make
necessary rectitication Of the Ger
man lines. and retreat to the NeSle
Noyon line would he probable. The
a range Of hills east Of Ribecourt. They
are also stuhbornly defending the Las
signyOise canal, the loss of which
would entail the evacuation of NoyOn. :"
Marshal Foch has definitely cleared
up the battles of the Aisne and Somme.
announcement is made that. by a local
attack. the plateau north of Autreches.
about ten miles northwest of Soissons
has been carried by tile French. and
that their success gives them position
dominating the region extending north
ward toward the Disc River. .
1t is stated in a dispatch of Sunday
that over front of four miles between
Bailleul and Vieux Bouquin on the Lys
sector. the British forced back the Ger
mans to a depth ranging from 1000 to
1000 yards, taking in the maneuver
the village of Ottersteen and 400 pris-
oners. A little to the south. along the
.Iys River. near Merville, the British
also advanced their line.
Gradually the famous I.ys salient in
the region west of Armentieres is Civ
ing way under the pressure of the Brit
ish. Again Field Marshal Haigs forces
have compelled the enemy to seek
ground to the eastward, where he will
he more secure from the shells of the
Zig guns that for several weeks have
been firing criss-crOss over the entire
salient, working havoc among the de-
tenders of the insecure line. Likewise
the Germans are being given no rest
by the Franco British forces north and
south of the SOmme, and the French
and Americans, along the Vesle. and
the Americans. in Lorraine, also are
l,arrassing them by artillery fire and
local attacks. Nowhere has the enemy
had the better of any encounter.
A dispatch of the 10Th says: British
troops to-day captured the railroad
station at Roye.
The attack by the Tenth French
Army. under Gen. Mangin, was brought
to a successful conclusion. All the OBJ
jectiyes were attained. The French ell
tered the village Of LIE Hamel, north of
RiEecourt. which represents an ad-
vance of one mile and three-quarters.
The Germans, Oh three important
sectors Of the western battle front,
have been compelled to give up posi-
tions OF great strategic value under the
onslaughts of the British and French
troops.
In the Lys sector. west of Armen-
there's. the enemy has retreated over /,
frcnt of nearly six miles, leaving the
town of Merville in British hands. Be.
tween the Matz and Disc rivers. the
French have fought their way to the
western outskirts of the dominating
position of Lassigny, and farther south
in this hill and wooded region have de
houched from the Thiescourt wood
and also captured the town Of PIN
rraz, situated in the Disc valley, on
the eNoyon-Compeigne road:
Monday the French forces under
Gen. Mangin assaulted the enemy east
Of the Disc River OH front of sixteeI
| miles and drove back the Huns about
three miles. Eight thousand prisoners
were taken, also large quantity OF
munitions.
From Soissons to the Belgian border
the German armies in various import
ant sectors are being put to the test by
the French and British. And it is a
test that seemingly bodes- ill for the
Teutonic armies. for nowhere have
they heen able to sustain the shocks
Northwest of SOissOnS from the
Aisne to the Oise north of Disc to the
region around Roye; in the Arras sec
| tor and nOrthward on the famous Lys
| salient the Germans everywhere have
been compelled to fall back under the
| pressure of the French and British
| troops.
Yesterday Gen. Byng's army strucl
| the Huns a surprise blow Oh the ten
mile front between Albert and Arras
Several towns were captured in an ad
| vance of three miles.
The LATEST fliSIntch. dated the 21St
says that twenty villages have beel
taken by the French forces, and tina
several thousand German prisoner
| were taken. The Allies continue to ad
vance in all sectors.
Washington, D. C..
Congress has passed an act prohibit
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