Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-17
RETREAT TO NORTH
OF N9YON PROBABLE
May Withdraw From Entire Roye-
Noyon- L assiany Salient - Roye
Mel,aced From Three sides BY Allied
Advances and Big Gun. Dominate
Lines Of Communication in Rear
H0ns Rstaliate Against Americans.
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.onns % Noyon, which has with.
stood allied thrusts for nearly .
wsek, 10 msnacsd seriously by ad-
vancina French, British and Ca
madam troops,s and its fall would
appear to be probability Of the
next few hours.
With the towns in allied hands
the southern end Of the German
line, At least, undoubtedly would
have 70 retire, and the northern
ond also would be affected. Tho
allies now are but seant .one and
one quarter miles west Of the town,
while they are prsssing eastward
in the north and in the south.
Alora 4 front Of nearly nine
mjles ON the Avrs, which flows
thru Roye, the Saliies have pushed
back The enemy In stubborn fight
ina. The r,ost &netahis advance
was on 4 front Of thres miles IN
the center BY Frenet and Canadian
troops, who now are fighting on .,
line thru 0oysncourt, g. Mard-
lss- Trio and Laucourt. ST. Mard
III .wess of Hoye and there are no
viaiaass in the intervening mile
. ard quarter.N
French troops on the south have
forced their way almost thru the
4 Loges wood, which borders tho
Roye- Z assigny road on tho west.
The wood is five miles directly
souttr Of Roye and Il would appear
that q further advanee might en-
a,,le the French to o0tHank both
Roys and Lassigniy and force tho
& Germans to readiust their lines
eastwardtoward Noyon and prob
ably beyond.
North Of Goyeneourt British
forces, star having rspulsed an
enemy attack on Damery, in which
$50 prisoners were captured, arc
pushing eastward with French
: units toward Fransart and Fresi
noy-ies- Roye.
Artillery activity continues on
the remaipinu sectors Of the main
battle front between the Ancre and
the Disc. The British on the
northern end and tho Frenoh on
the southern maintain their newly
gained positions and the enemy has
shown no elisposition to attack.
Berlins reports officially that
allied attacks on both sides Of the
.eAxre on Friday failed. The German
war office has nothing further to
say Of the Withdrawals ia the Lys
salient and along the Ancre. Ad-
I mission Of the loss Of Atiohe farm,
southwest Of Noyon. to the French
10 made, but it is said that six
Freneh attacks against Lassisny
on Thursday wore repuised.
American and French troops
along vesle Rave undergone an at
tack in which tho Germans used
gas, Artillery and bombing eyiators.
This attack followed an incursion
by American aviators, who heavily
4 bombed German bridges over the
Aisne and discovered enemy artii-
lery and machine gun nests.
Threef German aeroplanes were
brought down by American avi-
ators Thursday.
Italian troops in the Tonaie
region northwest Of Lake Garda
and along the southern Piave have
withstoad Austrian attacks against
their new positions on these sectors.
Otherwise tho situation is unchans-
ed in northern Italy.
). Spain, which recently sent an
other note to Germany protesting
against submarine destruction, is
reported to have notified Berlin
that Spain hereafter will make up
losses by " boats by seizing Ger
man vessels in Spanish harhors.