The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
HAVE RECLAIMED
/ ALL OF RAzED
/ S0MME REGION
Germans Definitely Stopped at
North End of Drive.
Advancesat ROye Lengthens
Wedge Into British Lines.
YANKEES FIGHT WITH FRENCH
americans Helping To Hold
7 Fast Gise Front at LaFere.
TeutOns Also Drive Sharp Sa-
Hent Towards Albert.
SAMMIES R0UT GERMANS
en- TOul Sector Huns Forced To
Abandon RichecOurt.
Send Over Two Shells for Every
One Fired by Enemy.
americans Helping To Hold
Fast 0ise Front at LaFere.
reutOns Also Drive Sharp Sa-
Iient Towards Albert.
SAMMIES RoUT GERMANS
9n TOul Sector Huns Forced To
Abandon RichecOurt.
Send Over Two Shells for Every
One Fired by Enemy.
CBy the Associated Prcss)

( Having regained nearly all the de-
rastated Somme region in their often
sves the German armies now find
Bierhselves before an allied defense
which grows stronger each hour. In
che north the enemy has been defin-
ffely checked. and in the south, where
bis latest and most important gains
bave been made. he has been unable
@ push west of Roye and Noyon.
s The British line from Scarpe river
southwest thru Albert to the Somme
has held fast for "a hours and the
Germans have been repulsed in local
attacks along this sector. The front
here is now west of the old Somme
Battlefield and west of the Ancre river
tIst north of Albert, which is eighteen
miles northeast of AmienS. South of
The Somme the Germans have ad-
Tanced west of the old front before
the beginning of the Franco British
Offensive of 1916 but have not yet
gained it west of Roye.
Most Vital Sector
g The most bitter fighting has oc-
CURED on the front south of the
Somme and still continues, but the
enemy has been checked west of the
Roye-Noyon sector, perhaps the most
Eita1 on this part of the line. A fur
rher advance on this sector might en-
danger the French hold on the south
ern bank of the Disc which has been
steadfast against all German attempts.
5 On this front Field Marshal Haig
repoTtS American troops are now aid
ing the French and British. The iden-
City and size of the American units
have not been disclosed. but it is prob
able they form a part of the Franco
American reserves on the Aisne and
Champagne fronts.
From Noyon eastward to south of
Lafere the French hold strong posi-
lions along the Disc which the Ger
mans have been unable to push back.
Il is reported from Berlin unofficial
y that French and American troops
have carried out strong counter at
packs south of Lefere against the pivot
Of the German line but without sue
cess.
Drive Wedge for Albert.
: The apex of the blunt pointed wedge
the Germans have driven in the Brit
fsh lines in six days is east of Albert.
Berlin reports that British counter at
Jacks here have been repulsed but on
the other hand the Germans have
made no gains. The outer points of
xne wedge are Monchy, south of the
Scarpe and the Disc river south of
Iafere.
That the enemy did not make other
attacks on she western front simultan-
eously with his blow west of Cam
brai is accounted for bv.the statement
From Field Marshal Haig that the
Germans have used up most of their
reserves and that more than 100000
men have been thrown into the battle
BY the enemy. All other sectors of the
western front have been drawn on by
she Germans to carry out their great
attack.
Americans Chase Huns Out.
! American gunners on the sector
Southwest of Toul have forced the
Germans to abandon the town of
Eichecourt opposite the American
Enes. This town has been shelled
beaviIy as has st. @Baussant and other
important oipts Behind the enemy
lines. The artillery on both sides
las been busy firing gas shells but the
Americans have given the enemy two
shells for every one of his. There has
been no infantry action either here or
en- the sector east of Luneville