Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-22
ALLIED SUCCESS
 MAKES GERMAN RETREAT CERTAIN Anglo French Troops Ad- vance on Four Important Sectors. HUNS CANNOT TURN
 TIDE OF DEFEAT Whole German Front From Ypres. in Belgium, to SoisSOns Is Menaced
 by Gains of the Allies.
(ASsOciated Press Summary.

1 The tide of defeat still seems heavily against the German armies ir i France and Flanders.
 | On four important sectors French and British arms again have beer served and the entire German from from Ypres, in Belgium to Soissons on the Aisne, now is more seriously menaced than before
 French troops of General Mangin northwest of Soissons to the Disc river, and those of General Humbert fighting between the Disc and the Matz, have materially pushed forward their fronts, bringing them to posi- tions which threaten to compel the immediate evacuation of the entire Somme-Oise salient from Brave to NOyon.
 Further to the north, between AL bert and Arras, Field Marshal Haie has followed up his successes oi previous days by a new offensive over front of about 10 miles and driven forward his troops for splendid gains over the entire line, capturing num- Der of villages, taking prisoners and guns and inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy.
 Near 1916 Battle Line.
 Still farther north. in the famous Lys sector, general eastward ad- vance on a front of more than four miles has been made by the British. who have brought their positions appreciably nearer the old 1916 battle 0H
 Numerous additional villages have been liberated by the French north west of Soissons and positions have been captured on both sides of the Disc river, which seemingly make un- tenable for occupation by the enemy the important town of Noyon, which is now outflanked on the southeast and dominated by the French guns from the south and west.
 On the south the French are stand ing in Sempigny, a mile and a half distant, while on the west they have captured the important pivotal town of Lassigny, the key position to Noyon and the plains to the north.
 Last Railroad Under Fire.
 With the latest advances by the French east of the Disc there has come under the range of General Mangin's guns the broad guage rail- way line leading from Noyon east ward to La Fere-the sole remaining line, except for two narrow guage roads, over which the enemy may transport his men and supplies be- yond the range of the French artil- lery. ... At last accounts Haig was still pressing forward on the heels of the Germans between Albert and Arras with tanks innumerable clearing the way for the infantry and machine guns and the field artillery which was keeping close up to the advance
 The Arras-Albert railway already has been crossed by the British east of Boisliux-St- Marc and Mercatel, and south of these towns the new line has been pressed eastward in conformity Counter. Attack Fails. On the Lys salient the Germans have delivered a violent counter-at- l tack in an endeavor to recoup In part the losses they have sustained. Theil efforts. however. were fruitless. fol l the British everywhere withstood their assaults and pushed back the enemy beyond the points of his depar' 1 ture. What is to be the effect or the allied drives along 120-mile battle line from Ypres to Soissons cannot be foretol dat present, but 1t seems highly probable that this entire from soon must be realigned.
 This particular menace to the Ger mans, aside from that in the terri tory between the SOmme and th' Disc. appears to be on the sector along the Vesle river from Soisson' to Rheims, which. from the war maps look to be untenable.