The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-29
Important Position Taken After Strong
 Enemy Resistance
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(Continued from Page One) without obtaining any result. The French for their part made two incur sions into the enemy lines in the Champagne and took 15 prisoners.
 "The night was calm on the rest of the front"
 Paris, Aug. 29.-French troops to- day occupied Noyon.
 The fall of Noyon comes as a heavy blow to the Germans, who were thought during the early days of the Picardy offensive to be planning tc hold Noyon as the southern pivot ot their line,which runs northward along the old battle field of 1916.
 Noyon is on the right bank of the Disc river at the confluence of that stream and the little river Verse. Tc the south and east there are large areas of fiat low land along the Disc l while to the north is a winding valley To the southwest is Mt. Renaud anG i the Lassigny Massif, which dominate the whole region. To the northeas range of high hills juts out into tho | valley.
 One railroad runs through Noyon It comes up the Disc valley, from | Compiegnes and, turning east a l Noyon, leads to Chauny and La Fere A canal leads off to the north anG terminates at Nesle. Two small rail road lines run north and northeast the former to Nesle and the latter tC 1 Ham.
 Noyon is a great highway center | One road runs to Rove, to the north west; one to Ham, to the northeast one goes up the Disc valley; ant another leads down into Carlepon forest, to the southeast. Anothe | goes down the Disc to Compeigne.
 Noyon is a very ancient town, be ing known to the Romans. Charle magne was crowned king of tn Franks in Noyon in 768 and Hugl Capet was elected king there in 987 It was the birthplace of John Calvin who was born July 10, 1909. | With the. American Army on tn Vesle, Wednesday, Aug. 28-(By tn Associated Press) - American an, German troops were engaged in spir tied actions today in the regions o Bazeches and Fismette. Accordin to the latest report the fighting con i tinues at both points. Tonight, as result of the local actions, the Ameri ! cans had made some gains at Baze ] ches, while the Germans had recap tured Fismette, on the northern banl of the Vesle, opposite Fismes. Tn fighting has been marked by mucl | stubbornness,
 Several days ago when the Ameri cans advanced in the region of Baze ches the Germans retired into a wood ed stronghold, known as Haute Mai son, just south of the Soissons Rheims road. Small detachment were left in the cellars in Bazeches l. harass the Americans. On Tuesda the Americans approached Bazeche from the west and maintained thei advance during the night. Today tn Americans made progress toward tn town from the east and south, de tachment taking the eastern outskirt this morning. Since then the Ameri cans have made further progress.
 The Germans maintained their DO sition on the hills commanding Fis mette for several days after tn Americans took the place, and onl during the night were the American able to communicate with the south ern bank of the river. The American erected temporary bridges across tn river at night
 Paris, Aug. 29-The number c German prisoners captured by tn French in their advance west of tn Chaulnes-Noyon line has been com paratively small. as the French hay