American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-08-23
NUMBER 50.
ALLIES DRIVING TEUTONS BACK
TOWARD HINDENBURG LINE
Steady Push in All Sectors OF Arras-
Marine Battle Front Results in Ma
terial Allied Gains.

The tide of defeat still urges heavi-
~ against the German armies in
France and Flanders. On four impor-
tant sectors French and British arm
les again have struck, and the entire.
German front from Ypres, in Belgium
TO scissors, on the Aisne, now is more
seriously menaced than before.
French troops of General Mangin.
operating from the region two miles
northwest of Soissons to the Disc riv-
er' and those Of General Humbert.
fiehting between the Disc and the Matz
have materially pushed forward and
may compel the immediate evacuation
OF the entire Somme-Oise salient from
Braye to Noyon.
Farther to the north between Albert
and Arras, Field Marshal Haig has
followed up his successes of previous
days by new offensive over a front
OF about 10 miles and driven forward
his troops for splendid gains over the
entire line, capturing a number of vii
lagos. taking guns and inflicting
heavy casualties.
Still farther north. in the famous
Lys sector, a general eastward ad-
vance on a front of more than four
miles has been made by the British
who have brought their positions ap-
preciably nearer the old 1915 battle
line running east of Armientieres.
Numerous additional villages have
D fIrrs Fs.a
west Of scissors and positions have
been captured on both sides of the
Disc river which seemingly make Noy-
on untenable. That town is outflank-
ed on the southeast and dominated by
the French guns from the south and
west. On the south the French are
standing in Sempigny, a mile and q.
half distant. which on the west they
have captured the town of Lassigny.
the key position to Noyon and the,
plains to the north
With the latest advances by the
French east of the Disc there has come
under the range of General Mangin' $
guns the broad gauge railway line
leading from Noyon eastward to La.
Fere-the sole remaining line, except
for two narrow gauge roads. over
which the enemy may transport his
men and supplies beyond the range of
the French artillery
At last accounts Haig was still pres
sing forward on the heels of the Ger
mans between Albert and Arras. With
innumerable tanks clearing the way
The Arras-Albert railway already has
been crossed by the British.
Counter Attack Fruitless.
On the Lys salient the Germans
have delivered a violent counter at
tack in an endeavor to .recoup in part
the losses they have sustained. Their
efforts were fruitless for the British
pushed back the enemy beyond his
points of departure.
What is TO be the effect of the al
lied drive along the 12O-mile battle
front from Ypres to SCISSORS cannot
be foretold at present. but it seems
highly probable that this entire front
soon must be reahgned.
This particular menace to the Ger
mans aside from that in the territory
between the Somme and the Disc. ap-
pears to be on the sector along the
Nesle river from scissors TO Rheims.
which from the war maps looks to be
untenable Even the Aisne and the
Chemin-Des-Dames do not appear to
be any too safe for a defense line il
General Mangin presses much further
northwest of scissors.