Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-16

to have large number of men, Ca
madam troops have pushed farther
eastward by completing the occupa
tion of the villages of Parvillers and
Damery. These points are about
two miles west of the highway and
railroad running north and south
through Chaulnes and Roye.
Allies Continue Advance
Apparently the enemy had COM
pleted his withdrawal movement in
the Hebuterne sector north of AL
bert. Berlin announces officially
that German troops were withdrawn
from small Salients.
However, it is not yet clear how
far the Germans have retired. The
enemy still holds Albert, but the
British are in the western outskirts.
Between the Oise and the MatZ,
the French continue their steady
pressure and have gained additional
high ground west of the Disc and
northwest of Ribecourt. The Ger
mans fought hard to hold Monolithe
and Attiche farms, but were finally
driven out by General Humberts
men. The farms are east of Thies-
court wood and are on the high
SipNiiN AOlilllleAAiilS the river DlN6lle.
a small tributary of the Disc
Huns May Stand
Appointment of General Won
Boehn, who led the retirement from
the Marine, to the command of the
German group in Picardy, is con-
tlrmed officially from Berlin. 1t is
believed in London that because of
tine scarcity of reserves the Ger
mans will fight on the defensive on
their present line. Fifteen reserve
divisions already have been thrown
in between the Ancre and the Disc
and the enemy is said to have only
sixteen fresh divisions on the entire
front from the North Sea to Sv-'t-
zerland.
Unofficial estimates in London
place the allied captures since Au-
gust s at $4,000 men and $40 guns.
1t is declared the proportion of Ger
man to allied losses has been greater
IN the recent fighting than at any
time since 1914. The total allied
casualties may not be as large as
the number of German prisoners
captured.
Lull i'm Fighting
All other sectors of the western
front appear to be affected by a
fighting lull. The German artillery
ire and aerial activity has decreased
along the Nesle. where the French
and Americans maintain their pres
sure.
Aerial operations still are intense.
On the British front twenty-eight
German machines were put out of
action Wednesday, while the Ger
mans lost fifteen. Bombs have been
dropped on railway functions within
the German lines and British avi-
ators have flown into Germany to
attack Thionville and Offenburg.
American aviators have brought
down two more enemy machines and
have bombed railway functions in
the Metz-Verdun area with good eff
feet. Paris was visited Thursday
night by raiders who dropped scv-
eral bombs. A small number of
persons were killed and there was
some material damage.
On the Italian front the situation
| is normal. The Italians have seized
an islet in the southern reaches OF
! the Piave.
Allies Win in East
! In the east. from Moscow to
| Vladivostok and from the White
Sea to the Caspian. the situation
daily becomes more interesting and
/ more menacing to Germany.
From Archangel allied troops
have made good progress south
ward toward Volodga and appar-
! entity are operating in three columns
against the Bolsheviki, whose oppo-
sition is reported to have been
/ fairly determined The occupation
of Baku by British troops who
came north through Persia from,
| Bagdad is a blow to German and
Turkish pretentions in the Cauca-
sus. To the north the Czecho-
Slovaks are in force along the Volga
under the command of experienced
Russian generals. IN eastern Siberia
the position of the allies apparently
is improving. as more troops are
L landed at XladiVnStnk