The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-22
KAISER OPPOSES CROWN PRINCE; BRITISH FIVE MILES FROM BAPAUME;
 ALLIES STRIKE DURING THICK FOG
London Hears Byng Has Captured 1000 Huns and Taken Important Towns; Fall of Achietle- Grand Unoffi cially Reported; Courceles in Haig's Hands; Fred erick William Gets 6-Months 'Vacation.'

the Allied offensive is no miles long. The different sectors, together with the 'tSiegfried line" pivots in the di- rection of which various drives are launched, follows:
 Arras- Albert---20 miles (toward) Cambrai.
 Albert4Noyon---3s miles (toward) St. Quentin.
 Noyon---soisons--- miles Coward) La Fere.
 Soissons---R East of Rheims---35 miles | (Doward) Laon.
 The French advance between the Disc and the Aisne is rendering the German line on the Vesle more difl- cult to hold. | As the line Is pressed back east and
 south of Noyon the enemy's positions east of Soisosns will become so
 pinched that there is ever a possibil-
 ity of his being forced to retire be-
 fore the Americans from the Vesle to
 the Aisne. American patrols are in
 close contact with the Boches to de-
 tect the rst signs of a withdrawal.
 The American artillery is heavily pounding Bazoches (three miles west
 of Fismes). Both sides have dug ir
 their front lines. There are no req
 trenches or communicating trenches
 however, the front line being merely
 O series of shallow holes.
 The Germans, as we'll as the Ameri-
 cans, realize that this will not be the
 fighting line very long.
 Aerial activity was limited Tuesday Thn JQrif iSh hy.OaIuht
 man machine and lost one of thei own, last nights War Office state
 ment of aviation reports. Low cloud prevented all flying at night. London, Aug. 22.---The official state
 ments of yesterday of the fighting o: the western front follow: French (night) Between the Mat and the Disc the enemy, despite hi resistance, gave way under the ener . getic thrust of our troops, and Las . signy fell into our hands. . Further south we gained a footin l on Plemont and occupied Orval Wood
 We carried our lines to the outskirt of Chiry- Ourscamps. East of the Disc our troops contin ued their success during the cours 3 of the day. On the left Carlepon l Wood fell into our power and W l reached the Disc to the east of Noyo
 between Semptgny and Pontoise. f Further east we crossed the roa between Noyon and Coucy-le-Cha e teau. We took Camelin- -et-le-F Fresh e and Blerancourt and advanced ou . lines to the outskirts of St. Aubin. T Since Tuesday we have liberate
 about 20 villages and advanced eigl S kilometers at certain points. n French (day)---During the night tf e situation between the Disc and tE e Aisne remain unchanged. The eneu = did not attempt any reaction. Ye!
 terday morning our troops continue e their advance along the whole front h Carlepont and Outs have fallen int y our hands. We have taken groun > west of Lassigny after sharp figh 1t ing.
 :" A number of German surprise a d tacks In Champagns were repulsed.
 British (night)---An attack launcht tt yesterday morning on front of tt is miles from the Ancre to the neig l. borhood of Moyenneville was success g ful on the whole of the front V t, penetrated deeply into the position la of the enemy and have taken nur " bers of prisoners.
 pr In the opening assault, under
 mist, we captured the villages re Beaucourt- -sur-A -Ancre, Puisieux-a. e. Mont, Bucquoy, Ablainzeville al tn Moyenneville. Afterwards we oonti It, ued our advance to the neighborho ne of the Albert-Arras railway capturi,
 Achiet-le-Petit, the Logeast Wood al Tn Courceles
 CT West of Achiet-Ie-Petit a stno r. counter attack was repulsed. ed East of the Ancre our line reach e. ebtween Boislieux-St Marc and Mt of lcatel