The Twin City star., 1918-08-24
FIGHT THEIR WAY
NEARER TO N0YON
FRENCH MENACE KEY TO ENTIRE
GERMAN LINE WEST OF
soMME RIVER. e
ENEMY FORCES RETREATING
Tsutons South of Noyon and Along
the Disc Are Fleeing, Which
May Account for Gen. Man
gins Rapid Progress.

London, Aug. 23.-The German bat
tile line in France is crumbling un-
der the impetus of the attacks of the
British and French.
From the region of scissors around
the curve in the front to the neighbor-
hood of Lassigny, the enemy has been
visited with further heavy defeats,
while farther north, from the Somme
river at Bray to the south Of Arras,
Field Marshal Haig's men have con-
tinued their victorious tlfrusts.
On no sector of the front have the
Germans been able to stay their foes,
who have captured large number OF
additional towns and vantage points
which in the further prosecution OF
the offensive are of the utmost stra-
tegic value Nowhere is the enemy
being permitted to pause for breath.
Thousands Of Prisoners Captured.
Thousands of prisoners, numerous
guns and machine guns and large
stores of war supplies have been added
to the stocks already in Allied hands.
To the British alone in the last two
days of fighting have come more than
5000 prisoners.
The French have reached the Dirette
river, and have crossed the Disc and
Ailette rivers. Driving northward on
the heels of the Germans in the angle
of the Disc and Ailette rivers, General
Mangirs tenth army advanced seven
miles.
In a new offensive begun by Haig
from tie. north of the Somme to AL
bert, an advance of two miles eastward
already has been made over the six.
mile front. In this fighting the town
of Albert on the Ancre, the keystone
of the German defense protecting the
Germans north of the Somme, has
been taken. Here the British made
1,400 Germans prisoner.
London, Aug. 23.-Fighting their
way forward on the southern reaches
of the Picardy battlefront, French
troops stand before Noyon. This city
has been referred to as the key to the
whole German line west of the Somme.
During last night General Hum
berts men reached the Divette river
for long distance west Of its con-
'auence with the Disc. South of Noy-
on the army commanded by General
,Mangin holds the south bank of the
Disc from Sempigny to Bretigny, a dis
tance of more than six miles. At Sem
pigny they are only Q little more than
a milo from Novou
Ailette River Reached.
The line turns to the south at Bre-
3tigny and runs to Bourguignon. where
1t again curves to the east and reaches
the Ailette river at La Quincy Basset.
1t then extends southwark, and 1t is
officially reported that the French now
have reached the outskirts of Pom-
,miers, village on the Aisne less than
Two miles west of scissors.
German forces in the sector south Of
!Noyon and along the Disc are said by
the French official report "to be re-
treating" which may accoure, Cor the
rapid progress of General Mangin's
army. 1t is said, however, that con-
tact with the enemy is being main
;tained by the French.
Britons Strike Along somme.
British troops attacked the Germans
along the line between the Sornme and
the Ancre river. This may be consid-
cred continuation of the attack
north of the Ancre. The front u the
last attack is about five miles long.
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