Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-03
OUR GUNS DOMINATE
NUMEROUS TOWNS AND HAM LETS HAVE BEEN CAPTURED BY ALLIED TROOPS IN LATEST FIGHTING, AT SOME POINTS ADJ VANCE TWO OR THREE MILES

UNDATED WAR LEAD BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.-The crisis in the allied offensive on the Soissons- Rheims salient apparently has been reached. French troops have entered the town of Soissons, the western an- chOr point of what remains sof the ia nous salient, and all along the thirty six miles of curviDg battle line from Soissons to Thillois, which lies about three miles west of Rheims, French, American and British troops have pushed in the entire enemy front and sent the Germans backward every where in retreat.
 Over the battle front the allies, by quick and fOrcil,e methods of on slaught, have deeply indented the German defense line for splendid gains which seemingly foreshadow the ne cessity of the eventual retirement Of the forces of the German crown prince.
 The plains behind the northwestern portion of the battle front are dom mated by the allied guns; in the south the French and Americans have nego- tiated almost all of the hill and forest country and are encroaching percep- tibly toward the Fishes railway, while on the east the British and French are almost astride the Rheims-Sois- sons railway and have their guns now so placed that the enemy is sure to be sorely tried as he endeavOrs to press back and gain haven of re- fuge along the Vasle river.
 Just how far the retreat of the Ger mans will go cannot at present be forecast, but with the southern line swinging northward in conjunction with that on the east toward the Vesle. and with the French dominating the Aisne eastward from Soissons, it is not improbable that the Germans may be compelled to take refuge north of the Aisne.
 Numerous towns and hamlets have been captured by the allied troops dur ing the latest fighting, and at some points they have advanced from two to three miles. South of Soissons the entire Crise river has been forded by the allied troops; northeast of Fere En TardenOis the allied line has been pushed well to the west of the region of Grand Rozoy and the town of Sapo- nay has been taken. In the center the Nesles wood is being swept clean of Germans by the French cavalry and American and French troops are pressing the Germans hard north of Sergy and the hamlet of Nesles.
 Further eastward almost to the gates of Rheims. combined forces of British and French everywhere are screly harassing the enemy. In this latter region, in addition to Thillois. the village of Vile En Tardenois is in allied hands and the French are now on the heels of the Germans two and half miles north of the Dormans- Rheims high road over a front of nearly four miles.
 Altogether. viewed from the war maps, the situation for the allied troops at present is a most promising one for complete success in ridding the Soissons-Rheims salient of the enemy.
 Throughout later phases of the bat ties, the Germans have not shown their stamina of previous days, and at some points the allied troops, partic- ularly the Americans were enabled to make their way into German positions with virtually no opposition being i'm posed.
 All behind the battle lines the smoke of burning towns is visible which seemingly would give weight to the prevailing belief in the allied capitals that the Germans at present are mo- where near the end of their retreat.
 Aside from the Soissons-Rheims sali- ent there has been little fight in any of the war theaters. The British are continuing their raids on the German in France and Flanders, and the Ger mans at last accounts were heavily
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