The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-20
French Had Captured 500
Prisoners Before 8
O'clock Today .. NJ
LYS SALIENT
Is FLATTENED
Germans Steadily Retiring
From Extreme Wester-
ly Positions i
(Bv Associated Prees.N

According to the latest ad.
vices reaching London the front
of this mornings attack by the
French extended over IS miles.
Good progress has been made
everywhere, according TO re-
ports and the advance on this
front since Saturday is now over
four miles at its maximum
depth. .s'
German forces holding the vital
sector Of the battle front between
the Aisne and Disc rivers were
this morning by the French, accord
ing to reports reaching Lendon. tt
is stated that the French have pene-
trated the enemy positions ia a
depth Of two miles.
This attack, which Is g. continua-
tion Of the assault made northwest
Of Scissors on Sunday night, is said
to end2nger the whole German posi-
tions at Soissons and the Aisne, 1t
is added that the French success
probably will be followed by a Ger
man retirement from Scissors to the
Chemin des DANES.
No details Of the fighting are as
yet available, but an advance OF two
miles in this sector would seem to
place the Germans, both along the
Atsne and before Noyon, in a seri-
Gus position, from which only an i'm
mediate retreat would appear to be
their salvation.
Unofficial dispatches also state
local successes have been achieved
by the French from the Cise north
ward to well past Roye. The line, as
it Is traced in dispatches, seems to
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ny. for which the French have been
fighting for the last week or more.
The Germans hold on Roye also
seems to be weakened by the recent
progress OF the French north and
south of the town. It would appear
that Roye now is enveloped on three
sides.
Just northwest Of Scissors the
French have occupied the village OF
Vassens. which is on the eastward
bank Of a small stream which flows
into the Osier river at Morsain, a
town to the southeast, which was
captured by the French yesterday.
Further north in the mountainous
lincourt reciprocal artillery fire was
reported.
German Attacks RepuIsed.
In the old Picardy battlefield the
Germans have been launching re-
peated counter attacks against the
British line in the region southeast
OF Chilly, which is north Of Roye.
These assaults were repulsed by the
British.
The old Lys salient Is being rapid
Iy flattened out by the German re-
tirement from the extreme westerly
positions held by them after their
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statement shows that the line now
runs from Merville on the north, TO
the vicinity of LOGON, on the south,
leaving a large triangle Of abandoned
territory in the direction of st. Vim
cent, which has been occupied by
the British.
German airmen have bombed the
city Of Nancy according to reports
from Paris. Six of the civilian pop
ulation were killed and a score
wounded.
Food riots have occurred at Petro-
grad, according to reports reaching
Amsterdam by way of Berlin. II Is
said that hundreds Of persons We're
killed and wounded.
1t is stated that martial law has
been proclaimed in Petrograd.
The French Attack.
London, Aug. 20, Il p. M .)-Ihe
French tenth army attacked again
this morning on a front Of 10 miles
between the Disc and the Aisne and
reached a maximum depth of two
miles, according to a dispatch from
the battlefront
The advance of the French troops
endangers the whole German posi-
tion at Scissors and on the river
Aisne.
It is possible that the Germans
now will withdraw to the Chemir-
des- Danes.
Before 8 o'clock this morning the
French had captured 500 Germans IN
the sector attacked.
North OF Roye the French have
taken the Bracquemont and Fendu
woods and have occupied the greater
part of Beuvraignes. according to
advices. 1t also is reported that they
have made progress to the southeast
OF Beuvraignes.
The attack OF the French yester
day between the Aatz and the 0tse
was on q front OF liz miles and al
though the Germans offered b stuh-
asssts asas