The sun., 1918-08-24
British Storm Many VII
lagos in Onrush Of Two
Miles in Picardy.
FIGHTING IS SEVERE
French Attacks Cause In
creasing Disorder in
TeutOns' Ranks.
BIG BLOW Is EXPECTED
Marshal F0ch Thought to Be
Planning Great Stroke to
ROut Foe.
FIGHTING IS SEVERE
BIG BLOW Is EXPECTED

LONDON, Aug. 23.-Most important
progress was made to-day in Mar
shal Foch's grand operation Of driv-
ing in the shoulders of the Amiens
salient and the position of the Ger
mans within that pocket, shallow as
it Is in comparison with the Marne
salient, is fast becoming untenable.
The Germans realize the meaning
Of to-day's operations, perhaps the
most disastrous single day in a
strategic sense that they have ex-
perienced on the western front, but
they are powerless to prevent the
peril which they perceive. They are
fighting desperately to save them
selves as far as possible, and over
the whole fifty mile front the strug-
gle has reached an intensity which
will give 1t rank as one Of the great
est battles Of the war; but 1t differs
from most Of those which preceded
1t in this important respect: There
Is no question Of the result, for the
master mind that is directing the
Allies armies has brought about a
situation where the triumph Of the
Allies is obvious and inevitable.
Advance Two Miles.
The brunt Of the fighting to-day
was borne by the British in the north.
In the Albert sector. Despite the
most stubborn resistance that the
Germans were able to make. aided by
heavy reenforcements which had
reached Prince Rupprecht's sorely be-
set troops. the British moved on with
the steadiness and sureness Of a steam
roller. advancing on a front Of six
miles to a depth of two miles. cap
Achiet-le- Grand. where there has been
stiH fighting for several days killing
an enormous number Of Germans and
attaining all their objectives. The
slaughter OF Germans was on a scale
seldom equalled in the war at those
places where most resistance was
offered.
Noyon's Fall Certain.
On the French sector in the south
the advance, although not SO spec
tacular. was very important Noyon
virtually is encircled and its fall now
Is only a matter Of short time.
Crossing the Disc the French have
| ascended the river to a point nearly
ten miles above Noyon and also de-
scended 1t on the north bank to the
outskirts OF Morlancourt. a mile and
a half from Noyon station.
1t Is in this sector that the Ger
mans see the greatest menace to them
and where they are showing nervous
ness which closely approaches disorder
They held very strong positions here
but Marshal Fochs manpuvres are
developing a way of attaining their
detectives regardless of the strength
OF the enemy and this is not without
effect on the Kaiser's troops
All the indications are that Gen. Man
gin and Gen. Humbert are getting into
position in the Noyon sector to strike g.
| crushing blow. Aside from the crossing
of the Divette near Evricourt the French
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