The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-07-30
Ihrusts of the Allies Have Driv-
en- Wedges Eastward Into
the Foes Front.
RETIREMENT is ORDERLY
Sergy Changes Hands Four
Times But Americans Finally
are Masters Scots Get Intcs
Action.

Germans have powerfully strength
cned their battle line running across.
the Soissons-Rheims salient-with ad---
ditiOnal fresh reserves and have>
stubbornly disputed further passage
northward to the entente allied
troops, the enemy front has been
compelled to bend back appreciabIy-
on all sides of the salient, except ay
the anchor points resting Immediate,
ly on SoissOns and Rheims.
South of Soissons further wedges
have been driven eastward into the
enemy front down to the Ourcq river =
eastward along Ourcq, French an&
American troops have crossed theNs-
stream at various points and advane- =
ed their line we'll to the northward ]
while southwest of Rheims the allierN
have debouched from the wooded seS~sH
tors and gained the plains, notwfth&
standing the violence of the enemy'ss
maneuvers. At some points thSs,
Germans succeeded somewhat in the4
checking of the forward movement.
but nowhere were they able to bring
it to a standstill.
The retirement Of the German,
still remains orderly, but every
where the allied troops, and eseec--
tally the Americans near Fere-En-
Tardenois, are pressing them harog.
Particularly bitter fighting has talk
en- place around e-Ei-Tardenofs=S.
and at Sergy. both of which towns
are now well within the hands OF the.
| French and Americans. At Sergy-
the Germans paid the Americans the
compliment Of reinforcing their BAT.
tie line with two divisions of weTs.-
tried Bavarian troops, men whoss
courage previously had been testecf
when the tide of battle was going
against the Germans. 1t was an ef--
fort either to destroy the Americans
or to herd them back across ttis.
Ourcq The effort resulted in fail
ure.
The battle line shifted back amer
forth and Sergy changed hands four
times, but the Americans proved to-
be the masters of the picked enemy
troops and finally drove them ou&
ualties were inflicted on the Germans
The fighting in observation-disclosures
also was Of a sanguinary character
the opposing forces fighting in close
contact through the streets OF the
town, but with the GERMANS being
gradually driven back under the ma
chine gun and rifle fire of the French
and Americans. or left weltering ira a,
their blood from contact with the.t
cold steel Of the allied bayonets.
Immediately south of Scissors orT
the western edge of the salient thes
Germans strove herocally to holds
back their enemy, in order to prevent
the further fianking of Soissons and.
the possible cutting off of large fore
es of their men fighting along th1-
Ourcq south of Oulchy lie Chateau.
Scottish troops. however, capturee2x
positions on the outskirts of BuzancY-
Just to the west of the Soissons-Cha--
tau Thierry road, while further soutrs
the French overcame the resistance,
imposed against them, crossed the
high road and took Grand RoZoy anol
Cugny and the Butte Chalmon.
Southwest OF Scissors. well insides
the salient and at present far outside
the immediate battle zone. various
towns and villages along the Sois-~
sons-Fismes railroad are said to be-
in flames. This seemingly would in-e
dicate that the retrememnt of theI
Germans from, the big pocket is to,
proceed still further northward be-
fore they intend to halt 1t, face about
and give battle to the allied troops
along a chosen line. If the retreat-
on the west is to be carried beyorc;
the Soissons-Fismes line il seems.
highly probable that it is the inten--
ton of the Germans to make their
stand from Scissors eastward along
the Aisne to the Vesle river anGa
thence southeastward to Rheims.
Unofficial, advices are to the effecS-
that dlscord. has arisen Between Ger
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