Grand Forks herald., 1918-08-30
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Summary
fBv ThA Associated Press)

Germany's hard pressed armies
still waver before the attacks Of the
Allies. In central Picardy from the
Somme north to Bapaume the enemy
is retreating eastward toward st.
Quentin. Large numbers of prison-
ers, many guns and much material
are falling into the hands Of the
British.
Elsewhere the apparently untirins
British, French and American forces
are maintaining their. pressure
against the enemy, who now has lost
all his important bases west of the
aaS TerRne ns easset Tss British
are within two miles of PNonne on
the southwest and the French are
five miles west Of Ham. The impor-
tant railroad junction Of Tergnier is
not threatened seriously by the
French crossing of the Ailette Bode-
sill.
On the extremity Of the battle line
against desperate German resistance.
North Of the Scarpe tho British have
retaken Greenland hill and maiptain
their other positions east of the Hin
denburg line against counter attacks.
The Germans here evidently hope to
prevent the British from overrunning
the Queant-Drocourt line as they
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the Scarpe heavy fighting is in prog
ress in the region Of Bullecourt.
North Of Soissons the Germans
have thrown in fresh troops to stop
the advance OF the French and Amer
leans toward the heights dominating
the Chemin des Danes, Allied pos
session of which would compel the
enemy to withdraw from the Vesle.
The Allies have the more favorable
positions and have but one more pla-
teau to overcome to reach their OBJ
jective.
AS the fall of Roye compelled the
Germans to retire to the line south
of Peronne, the capture Of Bapaume
by the British made it necessary for
the enemy to retreat north of the
Somme. Where the enemy will make
best line would seem to be that Of
the Canal Du Nord, which runs
northeast from Peronne. The canal
curves east five, miles east of Ba-
paume and crosses the old Hinden-
burg line near Havrincourt, seven
miles east Of Bapaume.
The Canal Du Nord extends across
the Ptcardy battlefield in general
north and south, direction and the
fact that the. Germans are Offering
stout resistance to the French south
Of Peronne, where the canal par
allels the Somme, would indicate the
probability that they may attempt
to stand on the line of the canal.
Noyon, the southern outlet Of the ca
nal, was carried after heavy fighting
and the Germans are contesting Bit
Eterly the possession of the heights
north and east Of Noyon. The French
are on the southern slopes of Mount
st. Simeon, an important height east
Of Noyon.
General Mangin's move in cross
ing the Ailette and the Franco
American progress north of the Aisne
may be the beginning of a move to
and north of the Disc by drive to-
ward Tergnier.
There has been no further infantry
fighting along the Vesle, although
the American artillery is shelling the
enemy positions heavily. The Ger
man claim of the capture of. $50
Americans at Bazoches and ,Fismette
cans who have only few men MISS
ing.
Since the beginning Of the offensive
in Picardy, French troops have made
the greatest advance. Fropn, Castel,
on the Avre, to, Bethencourt, on the
Somme, the French have moved for
ward almost 25 miles. The Hinden-
due east. st. Quentin is 470 miles
from Berlin and 1872 miles west of
Coblentz, on the Rhine, American
| troops east of Luneville are nearest
of the Allied forces to Berlin. which
| is 400 miles north northeast, as the
crow flies. In southern Alsace the
Americans are 1S miles from the
Rhine.
On the Ussuri front north of
lVladivostok, Allied troops have re-
pulsed the enemy attack and have
begun an advance northward south
of Chita, in east central Siberia anti
Bolshevik forces are moving north
ward along the Siberian railway.