The Sentinel=record., 1918-08-31
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(By the Associated Press)
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 There has bee mo abatement in the strength of the offensive the British, French and American troops are throwing against the German armies from Arras to the region of Soissons. And as yet, there is no indication that | it is the purpose of the seemingly de- moralized enemy to turn about and
 face the aggressors, or to offer more resistance for the present, than 1 through the activities of strong rear guards.
 Not alone have the allied troops al
 over the battle front from Arras .7 Soissons gained further important ter rain, but to the north the British have advanced their line materially in the 1 famous lys sector and apparently without much effort on the part of the foe to restrain them.
 Of greater significance than any or the other victories achieved in Frl- days fighting is the gain of the French with whom Americans are brigaded in this general sector north of Solssons. IThe latest French official communi- cation records the capture by the
 French here of Chavigny. three miles northwest of Cuffies. mile and a half north of Soissons, and the entry into the outskirts of Group, short ols- tance to the northeast.
 These victories, gained only after the hardest kind of fighting make more secure the allied line running northward and outflanking the Aisne and the Chemin-des Danes positions
 Also bettering this general situation has been the crossing by the French of the Ailette river at Champs In the region north of Noyon the French have made further progress crossing the Canal du Nord at several places and advancing materially in the direction of the Noyon+H railroad line All around Noyon the French have strengthened their positions. All the territory on the north and
 west banks of the Somme where the British have been operating against the Germans now has been cleared of the enemy and south of Peronne on the east bank of the stream, notwithstand- l ing the destruction of the bridges 0y the Germans.
 To the north the British almost ev- erywhere are pressing eastward along the highways, carrying the Germans before them, notwithstanding the des- perate resistance that is everywhere being offered by machine gunners in- Inumerabe and infantry units. Cumbles is now in British hands anG east of Bapaume Field Marshal Haig's s men are working along the Bapaumc- Cambrai road toward LeBucquiere. To the north of this region Bullecourt and Hendecourt on the old Hindenburg linz both were captured but the Germans in a violent counter attack forced back the British to their western out skirts, where at last accounts, occu-
 pying an old German trench system, the Germans are being held Northeast of Arras the British are now only step away from the famous Drocourt- Queant switch line, one of the strongest of the enemys fortified positions which is said to be filled with forces who intend to tenaciously dispute it's capture.
 Southwest of Ypres. in the I.ys sa- lient. the Germans again have begun withdrawing and are being closely
 followed up by the British The Brit i ish again are holding the important town of Bailleuil in this sector. The withdrawal Of the Germans lseemingly indicates that 1t is their
 purpose tc blot out this salient and istraighten their line southward from