The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
RENCH' FORCE
GOES THROUGH
GERMAN LINE
NEAR A|SNE
Enemy Position Between
Aisne and Oise Seriously
Menaced-Retirement Nav
be Forced,

VlcIldCcO-I\e WAY
be Forced,
BRITISH Line IS FIRM
BULLETIN.
(By Associsled Press.)
LONDON, Aug. 20 (4:45 p
m.)-According to the latest
advice reaching London, the
front of this mornings attack
by the French extended over IL
miles. Good progress has been
made everywhere, according to
reports, and the advance from
this front since Saturday is rfbw
over 4 miles at its maximum
depth.
The present line follows:
From Plessy-Le-Val to LIE Four.
A-Verre to Belfontaine and to
BlerancOurt, two and a hall
miles north of Morasin. From
there it runs south to Osly-Cour-
til and breaches the Aisne at
Courtil. The attack today ex.
tended to a point within three
miles from scissors.
(By Associated Press)
German forces holding the
vital sector of the battle front
between the Aisne and O;se
rivers were hurled back over a
ten mile front this morning by
the French according to reports
reaching London. It is stated
that the French have penetrat-
ed the enemy position to depth
of two miles.
This attack, which is a con-
tinuation Of the assault made
northwest of scissors on Sun
day night, is said to endanger
the whole German position at
scissors, and the Aisne. 1t is
added that the French success
probably will be followed by a
German retirement from Sois-
sons to the Chemin des Danes.
No details of the fighting are
as yet available, but an advance
Of two miles in this sector would
seem to place the Germans, both
along the Aisne and before
Noyon, in a serious position from
which only an immediate retreat
would appear to be possible.
Hold on Roye Weakened
Unofficial dispatches also state that
significant local successes have been
a chieved by the French from the Disc
northward to we'll past Roye The
line, as it is traced in dispatches
seems to be very close to the import
ant towns Of Lassigny, for which the
French have been fighting for the
last week or more.
The Germans hold on Roye also
seems to be weakened by the recent
progress of the French north and
south of the town. 1t would appear
that Roye now is virtually enveloped
on three sides.
In the old Picardy battle field the
Germans have been launching repeat
ed counter attacks against the Brit
ish line in the region southeast OF
Chilly, which is north of Roye. These
assaults were repulsed by the British
Lys Salient Fiattened
The old Lys salient is being rapid-
ly flattened out by the German re-
tirement from the extreme westerly
position held by them after their
April offensive. The British official
statement shows that the line now
runs from Merville on the north TO
the vicinity of LOGON, on the south.
leaving large triangle of abandoned
territory in the direction of St Venant.
which has been occupied by the Brit
ish.
German airmen have again bombed
the city of Nancy. according to the
official reports from Paris. Six of
the civilian population were killed
and score wounded.
Allied forces again are making pro-
gress on important sectors Further
successful development of the present
operations doubtlessly viii lforce the
enemy to TeadJnst his line at least
Locally, if not over the entire front
from Ypjres to Rheims.
French successes on 20 mile front
east and west of the Disc are be-
coming a serious menace to the Ger
man line, from the Somme to Rheims.
West of the Disc, Roye and Lassigny
appear to be doomed. The British are
at the gates of Roye while the French
Nd tha 1t
Lassigny The fall of these towns
will imperil the enemy position at No
yon, which also is being threatened
increasingly by the French advance
over the high ground between the
Aisne and the Disc southeast Of No
yon.
on d, E,;.lAN