The Washington herald., 1918-09-01
Americans Sweep Won Boehm's Army Backward
Along Juvigny Plateau, Key to Chemn
des DANES and Laon
SMASH AHEAD SCORNING NEWEST GERMAN
ANTI-TANK WEAPON, IN BRILLIANT DASH
Haig Leads British into KENNEL Heights Which Had b. IN
; Lost by Huns in "Back-to-Wall'
! Movement.

London, Aug. 3I.-Along a
Of twenty miles, from the
of Ypres to the north of Lal
Canal, the German Flanders
is retresting tonight thr
shell-scarred fields dotted
poppies-scarlet poppies. Of
an ancient legend tells that
derive their deep hue from
blood that has drenched the
of Flanders through centurie
battle.
KENNEL Heights is once
in British hands. Haig himsel
nounced it tonight, and his "
sent a thrill through the Br
Empire, for it was when
mountain bastion was graspe
the German clutch that the BI
commander issued his inm
"back-to-the-wall' order to
troops.
Out of hte whole Lys W
ihe Teutons arc Withdrawing
feverish haste. while the
drawing il good. The hreatt
collapse Of heir whole center
tween Arras and SCISSORS, v
was again punctured at /
places by the French and b
todsy-the latter almost G.
their ring around Peronne
chance of a last gamble for
Channel coast has vanished.
"Retrest.- Order to Hun.
Retreat. Shorten your lines v
ever the cost or consequences"
is the order OF the day. Of ever
now from the German headquarte
J the field.
And 30 the last laurels Of the
4 ''Friedens campaign" are offere
Won Arnim upon the altar OF -
KENNEL Heights was abandone
him without even the pretense
night. The KTupps and Skodas. '
since those bloody spring days
been laundering their chant Of
toward the not far distant cha
were stealthily withdrawn in the I
ness OF night, and hordes of field
soldiers sneaked down the 81
every inch OF which was bough
them at a price Of blood scarcely
months ago.
British Advance LInes-
Back to the Passchenda ele ran
White Sheet" Ridge and back {
east bank Of the Lys between "
ton and Armentieres Won Armin
/ treating.
BY niGhtfall today the British !
ing closely in sight Of the ens
heels, had advanced their line
/ tween thre and four miles east
along the whole twenty-mfle fro
the German retreat.
Haig's night report put the
British line from voormeDeeIe,
little town two miles south Of ]
southwestward to Lindenhoek.
south OF Mount KENNEL. to Do
The formidable Mont de Lille,
OF Bailleul. has been captured b
British. On the southern end O
line Haig's troops are approaching
taires on the Lys. for which tor
Of blood were shed last April +
Allies ReIentIe.s Hammersnl
Meanwhile the allies kept up
relentless hammering against
German front northeast Of Arm
north OF scissors. Strategicaily
chief success Of the day waS wo
the Australians. who stormed
St Quentin. which overlooks Per
and by adjoining the British {
that dashed further TO the mort
of that Somme city which is
almost encircled.
Fifteen hundred prisoners
taken in this sector. Hundreds
fell to the British. French and Al
cans on other parts OF the vas
lacking front
Terrific Battle Rages-
In front OF the wotan switch
! (Drocourt -QueanO and bet
/ Bapaume and the Somme. the
mans continued throughout the d
launch vicious counter attacks az
the British.
A terrific battle still RACES
those sectors, with Haig's I
fully maintaining the upper
though stiffened Teuton resist
coupled with ugly weather. has a
up British progresses there TO
extent.
Substantial advances OF q
character were. however. regis
even in these sectors. The 3
took Marrienes Wood. bet
Bapaume and the somne. a. VI
the high ground east and nor0
and drove the Germans from tht
shreds Of their positions around {
Sur-Sof1Ile.