Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-20
BATTLE on WHOLE AIsNE-M -MARNE LTVE.

I)urrg rc Sighting rart- sni~ vrr
American troops retooE fa-ecv and o-r
mentioned AZ being engaged n th" haitie
along the heights ~ he east af tnar
place Thpv are therefore probably
engaged FRI the advance officially rrnor'e1
from PARIS DeHllv mark The apDrCY-
mate point who're The German lines rrc@~
the Narne and turn northeast over The
rolling bills toward Rheims
Pursuing r. D1iicv of conservation.
the French War Office makes n0 extreme
claims 0f victory along the Aisne-AIarTr
front The front. IS delInrated N or7cial
reports leaves the Climon river pear
Tcrcy rims north through IIry-C ChgnOn
and NeJnllv-St Front. turns slightly -
the cast ~ Maulov wood. thence north -
VERY and up over the higher ground 70
the hills southwest Of SCISSORS.
HUNS HOLD on soIssoss WEAKENED.
There have been reports RI Allied
forces lar 10 the east of this Inc but thew
nave not been officially confirmed.
seems probable that the German tenure
If Scissors has been greatly weakened.
and n IS rture possible that some Allied
{orces are further east than the positions
indicated III the official reports.
The actual results oi oilNlaliy announced
Is acnleved however wiJn important
territory taAen ana more man i..PD
prisoners anu $50 guns taken. constitute
ia themselves a decldedlv brilliant s'Ic-
cess ior the Franco-Amerlcan .iuve =
date
DaIvE -TRAIgETEN- long FROST
In the AIsne-}larne drive there appears
70 he an effort which -eemugiy -t.c-
cee,hng t0 strsdgnten he front Ell tne
way north from the Chrmon river 4oaI,
Eve miles northwest oi Chateau hlerrN
The movement doe- ro- ~ present 4Dpcar
~ be o great sn,irolng operation +
rather = meJaouIcal push q. ai0UE ae
western side af tne ~Olseaus-t hatCaI
Th9erry- Rheims ~niant
As sucn. -Jlil must be considered
defensive action that ; gong n. rs
character may ehau-e % an offensive
stroke AT amy rlmt, a45 nothing ~ ac
officially reported nCu-1 Indicate -aa.
cen M4neln advance seeks i 10 rur-
than relieve tle pressure against Nlelus
sGRAAS -I>a IS laosAEg}
The advance * she Miles -outh 80 Hs
Maue. from tessoy ta 0eu.Iy, - r.cc.3.-
is reported. may be decidedly Slgn.i,'tl.
The German front is here 80 extended ,haa
il IS not improbable chat Ike acut as
begun retirement trom ne pcu.lt>
Position mo MllLCa I't 4lt4 A-t etll,i ~ '.'t
Monday 2nd TuesG4y Il aas been
pointed out that the situation II rac lie--
mans from Chateau fhieru aarl .p
the point where their line CROSSES 'fs
Marne IS dangerous In the eNtreuc / .ao
allied effort on the front north ~ lha-
teau-Thierrv makes further gru-rtsS. 4
the Germans really are n re4J.nE t-'al
across the Marine tbe situation Is very
similar 20 that which euSuco when .ao
Austrian advance acres, -hc Phte 0as
checked and the rctrograoc uQsain,n5
was begun
Along the 5nc rom ,ac \Iarac p
Rheims and east oi the Cathedral cty
INTO the Champagne region the hat-:
has seemingly died down. As uu report
OF Sighting come from those sectors.
BRITISH GAiN "a MILES
Ina sudden attack In The SaiLleul sector
on the northern slde of the Lys salient "a
Flanders, the British have advanced ther
lines over 4 front q two and 3 quarter
miles and swept the Germans from tho
village LIZ Meteren. the scene Of stubborn
fighting during the days of the German
,Sensix1a m E1au3prs eariN In ADrii