Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-16
Roye ID Apex Of Salient
Which Will Invite Con.
certed Allied Stroke.
GERMANS PLAN TO
FIGHT ON OFFENSIVE
Win Seek TO Hold Allies on Present
Line and Save Reserves German
Artillery Fire In Front of Americans
on vssIs River slaelsens-Enemy
N akss Another Slight Withdrawal in
Lys ealisnt 7stirs One TO Two Miles

81 Allied pressure has been effso-
lively renewed against the German
line in ths region Of Roys. The
! snsmy 10 clinoing datsfninsdly TO
! this town ~ bulwaris Of tire po-
sitions hs assurnsd aftsrs being
driven back from the Amisns
rsslcn. Both French and British
are pushing eloser, howsvsr, and
making his prolonged tsnantcy Of
ths place doubtful.
London last night reported the
eritish lines advanced northwsst
Of Roys, in the 'nsishborhood Of
Dammsry and parvilisrs, while 60.
. day Psris reports forward move
i msnt on ths part Of ths French
Nvsst and southwest Of Roys, on
front Of about two and sns-han
miles.
Reys q fast bsoomind <hs virtual
apex q > ;aaliAnt which soon will
4 invite esNshiNe aliisd s<rpks Il
lths Francs oratish prssssrS can bs
~ etfectivsly maintained @ L has
hesn ree q
sApD e5Bsn1ent of General Won
DS4hn, who lsd the Retirement
tresn the Maenss e ~; command
i = ~ 0sriai, tiutNs 81 stills pieardy is
ecnArned A5{ieisllx frps,p oseiin. s,s.
4 4 believe Ii end u MT be- /
eauss of the scarcity. ~ rsssrvss
the osrmans wilt right on ths de-
sensive on their present line. Fit.
teSn ressrvs divisions already havs
been thrown in bsfNssn the Aners
{ and the oiss and the enemy 10 said
20 have only sixteen freeh divisions
on the entire front from the North
ssa % Switzerland t
Between The oiss and the Metz
che french continue their steady
pressure and have gained addi-
eional high ground <stest Of the Disc
and northwest Of R;beeourt.
The Germans fought hard 20
& hold Monolithe and Attiehe farma.
but wser finally driven out by Com
eraI Humbsrts mon. The farms are
east of Thiescourt wood and are on
the hish ground dominating the
river pivetts, . small tributary Of
Nthe Oiso.
Unofficial estimates IN london
pi9cs the allied captures since Auu.
- At 1900 and go guns. Il 4 de-
clarsd the proportion Of German 70
allied losses has been greater in
the rsesnt fighting than At any
time sipee 1914. The total allied
casuaitise may not bs a. large !.
the numbsr Of German prisoner,
eaptuned.
All Other sectors of the western
front appear 20 be affected bv :
fighting iull. German artillery FIRE
and aerial activity hive decreased
eiong tho VesIe, whore the French
and Americans maintain their
pressure.
On the 6ritist, front twenty-eiqht
German machines werc put out Of
8 action Wednesday while the British
lost fifteen Bombs have been dron.
ped on railway functions within the
German lines and British aviator.
have flown into Germany to attack
Thionville and offenburu.
American aviators have brouoht
down two moro enemy machines
and have bombed railway functions
N the Metz verdun area with good
effect. Paris was visited Thursday
/, night by raiders who dropped sew
eraI bombs. A small number were
/ killed and there was some material
damage.
On the Italian front. the situation
is normal. The italians havs seized
an isIet in the southern reaches Of
the P;ave.
rBy the Associated Press.1