Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-08-28
BATTLE TIDE FAvORS ALLIES.
Much Important Territory is Occu-
pied by the Allied Forces.

of defeat still surges heavily against
the German armies in France and
Flanders. On four important sectors
French and British arms again have
delivered heavy blows, and the entire
German front from Ypres, In Bel
GUM to scissors, on the Aisne, now
is more seriously menaced than be-
fore.
French troops of Gen. Mangin, OPP
Grating from the region two miles
northwest Of scissors to ~the Disc
river, and those of Gen. Humbert.
lighting between the Disc and the
Matz, have materially pushed for
ward their fronts, bringing them to
the immediate evacuation of the on
tire Somme-Oise salient from Braye
to Noyon.
New British Offensive.
Farther to the north, between AL
bert and Arras, Field Marshal Haig
has followed up his successes of pre-
vious days by new offensive over
front Of about ten miles and driven
forward on the entire line, capturing
number of villages, taking prison.
ers and guns and inflicting heavy
casualties on the enemy.
Still farther north, in the famous
Lys sector, a general eastward ad-
vance on front Of more than four
miles has been made by the British,
who have brought their positions APP
preciably nearer the old 1916 battle
line running east of Armentieres.
Villages Captured.
Numerous additional villages have
been liberated by the French north
west Of Soissons and positions have
been captured OH both sides of the
Disc river which seemingly make un-
tenable for occupation by the enemy
the important town Of Noyon, which
Is now outflanked on the southeast
and dominated by French guns from
the south and west. On the south
the French are standing in Semphiny,
mile and a half distant, while on
the west they have captured the i'm
portant pivotal town OF Lassigny, the
key position to Noyon and the plains
to the north.
Under French Guns.
With the latest advances by the
French east Of the Disc there has
come under the range of Gen. Man
gins guns the broad gauge railway
line leading from Noyon eastward to
La Fere--the sole remaining line, eX-
cepting for two narrow gauge roads
port his men and supplies beyond the
range Of the French artillery.
At last accounts Haig was still
pressing forward on the heels Of the
Germans between Albert and Arras,
with tanks innumerable cleari' the
way for the infantry and machine
guns and the field artillery which was
keeping close up to the advance. The
.Arras- Albert railway has already
been crossed by the British east Of
BOis Deux-St.- Marie and Mercastle,
and south Of these towns the new
line has been pressed eastward in
conformity.
Hun Counter Fails.
On the Lys salient the Germans
have delivered a violent counter at
tack in an endeavor to recoup in
part the losses they have sustained.
Their efforts, however, were fruitless.
The British everywhere withstood
their assaults and pushed back the
enemy beyond the points OF his de-
Darture.
Villages Captured.
Paris, Aug. 22.-Numerous vii
lagos running northwest Of Soissons
have been taken by the French,
whose drive along the whole front
continues, according to the war Office
announcement tonight. The most
important Of the places captured is
Pomniers. The statement says:
"Our troops continue to advance
along the whole front. We have
reached the Divette river from its
mouth as far as Evricourt We have
carried our lines to the outskirts Of
QUERY.
I'VE have occupied Staubin. Sc
lens, BagneuX, Epagny. BieuXy, Vaux-
rczis and Pommiers. The material
abandonment by the enemy between
the Aisne and the Disc is considera-
BILE. More than 200 cannon have