Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-13
FRENCH POUND
HUNS BACK MILE,
CASTEL, GREAT PRIZE
Germans, "Jabbed and Jammed"
for More Than Two Weeks, Still
Unable to Check Allies.
NEW GAINS ARE VITAL
Italians in Whirlwind Drive Have
Imperiled Austria's
Defenses.
BERAT BLOW TO TEUTONS

Associated Press Summary Issued at ! y.
Success has crowned further allied
srnaSles into the German lines between
Yprcs and Rheims For more than two
weeks, the allies have been lamming INTO
the German dcfenscs here, and there, and
the results now are just as favorable as at
the beginning
For the first time since the attrition
campaign was undertaken the French
have struck with force in tho Picardt
battlefield Along the Avre river, north
west of Montdidler, the French advanced
their lines more than mile on q front Of
three miles and captured over 500 prs
oners This blow. like the recent ones by
the British astride the Sommc, has driven
the enemy back on a sector vital 70 the dc
fense Of Amiens, the objective Of the first
German offensive begun on March u.
FRENCH MAKE VITAL GAINS.
In capturing Castcl and strong fortified
positions the French have advanced al
most 70 the western bank Of the Avre
Further gains southwark toward Mally-
Ralneval will endanger seriously the
German positions west Of the Avrc 10
below Montdider, west Of which the
Americans hold Cantigny In an advance
toward Amiens. the Germans would either
iUttIh iftI 4~1FItIt4t III 70 BlB AilF Fdil.s ~
the Ayre winch Joins the Somme near
Amlens
Between the Alsne and the Marine, the
Germans apparently still DO not take
seriously the French gains east of the
Forest Of NIlers-Cotterets Several VII
lagos and fortified farms, including Corey
and Iongpont have been taken by the
French this week but the Germans have
made no serious efforts to rctake the
positions and are being slowly forced of
the high ground
ENEMY STILL INACTIVE.
Last night was rather less active than
has been the case recently in the way Of
fresh enterprises BY the Entente troops
under the present plan Of pounding the
German lines here and there at frequent
intervals The French however, were
engaged in lively little operation in the
region northwest Of Complegne where
earlier in the week they pushed sharply
into the German lines at the apex Of the
wedge formed when the Germans were
compelled to halt their abortive rush
toward Paris on the MontdidIer-N 0von
front last month
The action Of last evening carried the
French advanced lines ahead more than
a quarter of a mile IN the Porte Farm
region 10 the west Of the Compegne
road running past Antheuil They also
carried out raIdIng operations in the region
Of the Avre southeast Of AmienS. IN the
vicinity OF the line on which their success-
full thrust of Yesterday was carried out,
and at other points further east along
the front
BRITISH CAPTURE 100 HUNS.
The British activities were confined
10 raiding operations. mainly in the
Flanders area in which approximately
100 prisoners and "a feU machine guns
were taken The esrm< artillery IS
continuing to show more or less activity
on the Flanders front while In the Mctren
sector, on the road 10 Hazebrouck. the
Germans sent out a raidlng party. The
British easily drove off the raiders.
Bad weather continues on the British
front especially hindering the bombing
activities of British alrmen The German
artillery fire Is strong on the LyS salient.
At Bucquov, between Albert an Arras,
the British drove off German raiders
& ntinuation of the rain on the British
front may hamper German plans as the
battle grounds of Flanders and Picardy
are likely to turn into seas of mud Rain
has been falling on and off on the British
front for five days
The Germans now claim he sixth
American airplane Of the squadron which
was flying to Coblenz WAS brought down
on Thursday 1t was announced that five
out of six machines with their crews had
fallen into German hands.
ITALIANS SWEEP on IN ALBANIA.
Franco-Italian success in Albania has
enabled the Allies to establish connected
battle line over a stretch of 200 miles from
Saloniki to the Adriatic The Italians
rapidly are clearing up the territory taken
from the Austrlans In western Albania and
preparing for further attacks Between
Berat and Lake Ochrida, the French have
occupied all the territory between the
Devoli and Tomorica rivers except near
the confluence where the Austrlans sull
hold out Prisoners taken by the French
in the Tomorica valley have increased 10
400
Supporting the Allies, the new govern
ment set up in Siberia has proclaimed
Lieut. Gen. Horyath as provisional ruler
Gen Horyath who for many years was
Russian commander at Harhin and
general manager of the Chinese Eastern
Railway, the eastern link OF the Trans
Siberian system, Is antl-Gernan and anti
Bolshevik He proposes to form an army
and to ctlyely aid the Allied cause
4. ). FLlER DEAD IN ACTION.
Hmm Airman's Note Saws Iiauf Davis