Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-15

3 Meanwhile the process OF cleaning
up the St. Mihiel salient was con-
tinued by General Pershing's troops.
who so far are reported to have ef.
fected the capture of more than 200W
Germans as the result of the clean cut
drive of the American first army.
Germans Readjusting Line.
There we're indications in the re-
ports from the front that the Ameri.
can success might have done sople-
what more than straighten cuc ths
| line above the former St. Mihiel bend
| for the Germans were said to be fe'
firing near Chatiflon along . fr0n,
of five or six miles to the northwest
of the former westerly lip of the
salient. They probably were forced 70
this in the readjustment .of their line
to meet the altered conditions.
With the lessening of the tension
on the St. Mihiel front, interest is
centered at present in the French as
sault on the Ailette-Aisne front. Gem
eral Petain's troops here were gain
ing ground where every yard was
extremely valuable, as the German po
sitions along the Aisne, and the Vesle
to the east have been under an in
creasing threat for some time by the
French advance on their left dank.
The advance will not have to be
pressed much further before Ger,
man retreat on a wide front in this
sector will be compelled
Menace Chemin Des Danes.
By driving in sharply in his present
move, Marshal Foch probably intends
to make untenable even the Chemin
Des Danes, the former German hold
ing ground north of the Aisne. He
has made marked progress already in
this by taking Mont Des Singes, south
of the Ailette.
1t is but a short distance thence
to the Ainizey-Pinon line, the cap
ture of which by Petain last fall
compelled the German crown prince
to fall back from the Chemin des
Danes to the Ailette line to the north.
The French progress here like
wise represents a renewal OF the
drive at the St. Gobain massif and
therefore at the citadel of Laon, which
that bastion defends.
Advance Along the. Aisne.
Along the Aisne the advance has
taken the French some distance far
ther towards the east, and they were
early reported to have reached Vail
ly, on the north bank of the Aisne.
pushing the Germans back from the
river as they advanced.
, The British front has held intact
against a series of German assaults
in what appears to be FIT of despera-
ton over the inroads made in the
defenses of Cambria by Field Mar
shall Haig's forces in their recent
progress. The British beat off such
attacks at Havrincourt and Gouzeau-
court, holding their valuable posi-
tions on the high ground in this
sector.
Trescault Thrust Frustrated.
With the British Army in France
Sept. l4.-Hard fighting has con-
tinued in the neighborhood of Tres
cault and Gouzeaucourt, the Gefmans
counter-attacking against the posi-
tions captured by the British on
Thursday. Last right the enemy
made a strong thrust at the defense
east of Trescault after hurricane
bombardment. Some of the attacking
infantry succeeded in penetrating the
trenches, but were Immediately eject
ed and the assault was repulsed.
j At 2 o'clock this morning the Ger
mans also made heavy bombing at
tack, supported by liquid FIRE against
a small section Of British trenches
north of Gouzaucourt. A fierce hand
to, hand engagement ensued, and.the
defenders were forced to fall back
slinhtlu To THAR snnnnrt line -