The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-09
RUSSIAN ARMY IN BENI|LDERED RETREAT
United Press
War Summary

1,467th day OF the war; 2Sro day OF
the counter offensive.
Flanders front-The British sud-
denly advanced today on an eight
mile front on the southwestern por-
ton of the Flanders front, penetrat-
ing maximum depth of two miles
and capturing five villages. The Brit
ish war office announced that LOGON,
LeCornet. MaIo,.. Quentin. LePetit
Pacaut and LeSart had been occu-
pied. LOGON is two miles north OF
Bethune. Lecornet Malo Is a mile
northwest of LOGON; Quentin Is two
miles north and west of Lecornet
MaIo. LePetit Pacaut is a mile and
quarter north of Quentin and mile
south of MerviIIe. LeSart is mile
west of MerviIe.
Picardy front-British troops con-
tinued their advance today over the
greater portion of the new twenty
mile offensive front astrde the
Somme. Unofficial dispatches report
ed British cavalry at chaulnes juno
tion-an advance Of four miles since
yesterday and total penetration o.
twelve miles beyond the original
lines. Rosieres apparently has been
CAPTURED, while the important center
| II was also unofficiaily reported that
Mor,ancourt, where the Germans held
up the British left wing yesterday
! had fallen. The British war office re-
ported $4,000 prisoners and a great
number of guns.
Atsne-Vesle front-American and
French troops continue to improve
their positions north of the Vesle and
are breaking up continuous counter
attacks. The Germans are reported
! SO heavily entrenched on the heights
between the Vesle and the Aisne that
the allied artillery will have to liter
aIly blast away the face of the hills
before the Franco-American advance
can be resumed.
Russia-The Bosheviki have deciar'
| ed war on the allies, according to
official dispatches received by the
j state department. at Washington.
/ Two Crown Princes Fleeing.
[By ]. w. T. Mason, United Fress
War Expert
NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-While conun
uins his drive against the German
+! crown princes forces east OF Amiens
/ Field Marshal Haig has made new
| advance against Crown Prince Rup
precht's armies in Flanders, which
threatens interference with co-opera
j tion between the two royal command
/, ers.
The southern offensive of the Brit
Iish however, continues to hold the
main purpose of Marshal Fochs strat
egy. The diversion in the north IS
tactical development endangerine
i Crown Prince Rupprecht's line at g
point perilous to him if he insists II
wegkenina his front to assist the Ho
henzollern heir.
The double duty is thus imposed or
Field Marshal Haig of continuing tc
press forward east OF Amiens, while
at the same time keeping Rupprech
in q constant condition of nervous un
certainty.
The persistence with which the
British drive is being followed III
south of the Somme, shows tactica
skill OF very high order. The brun
of the work has been thrown upon the
British units, who are following The
railway east of Amiens. A dangerou'
salient has already ben formed alons
this important line OF communication
The possibility Of Rupprecht's forces
beinr unable to maintain contact will
the German crown prince except by
wide detour to the rear has been mucl
increased by Field Marshal Haig'
progress during the past twenty-fou1
hours.
/ The wedge which the British ar
now driving into the German line!
east of Amiens is reaching a depth
where 1t may, in fact, force Won Hind
enburg to make a general retiremen
north of Montdidier, so as to proven
, the duplication of the Marne pocke
disaster.
The peril of being caught in a tral
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