The Robesonian., 1918-08-26
ALLIED FORCES CONTINUE
VICTORIOUS PROGRESS

Large Number of Towns Captured bv
British in North While French Add
further to Danger of German
Lines-British Have Taken 10000
Prisoners.
Forty-two German divisions have
suffered considerable losses in the
present British drive, according to a
dnspatch last night, losing 10000
soldiers, including several hundred
ofhcers, In prisoners alone.
The Associated Press this morning
gives the following summary of war
news:
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Germans have brought up strong re-
lnforcements on both wings of the hat.
Tie front the British and French forces
everywhere continue their victoriou ),
progress.
a large number of towns have been
captured; by Haig's men in the north.
while the French have successfully ov.
ercome obstacles placed in their wag
and reached territory north of Sois.
sons which adds further to the danger
OF the Germans in the Noyon sectors
and to their line running eastward
from scissors to Rheims. =
All along the front from Arras to
the Somme the Germans are gradual.
~ being driven back to the old Hin.
denburg line by the British. Along
the Somme the enemy is being hafs
rassed east Of Braye while further
north strong counter-attacks have
been repulsed and the town of Mamet3
wood, Martinpuich, LIE Sars and Ii
Barque have been captured.
It is around Bapaume that the Ger
mans are keeping up their strongest
effort to hold back the tide that is
surging against them, but the Brit
ish continue to make slight gains daily
in the process of surrounding the
town, which seemingly soon must re
evacuated. The taking of LIE Sars
and lie Barque appears to be fore
runner Of this eventually. LIE Barque
is only 2 1-2 miles southeast Of Ba-
paume.
Everywhere except directly south of
Bapaume the British are we'll across
the BapaumeAlbert road and north
OF the town they are pressing forward
to the Hindenburg line. Unofficial re-
outskirts of Bullecourt which is Just
west of the old line.
| Since last Wednesday the British
have taken more than 1000 prisoners
and large number of guns and great
quantities of supplies. Some Of the
prisoners taken nave been identified
as coming rfrom Austro-Hungarian
units.
The Germans are launching strong
counter-attacks against the French
between the Disc and Ailette rivers in
an effort to hold back Gen. Mangin's
army which is threatening, the entire
/ German front in this region. Here also
the Germans have been reinforced by
troops from the dual monarchy. North
of scissors in the region of Bagneux,
the French have made further prog
ress eastward and now are abreast
the railroad line running from Sois-
sons to Laon. A considerable number
! of additional prisoners have fallen in
to French hands.
AS yet there has been no movement
by the Germans along the Vesle river
to indicate that retirement toward
the Aisne is in immediate prospect
The American and French in this re.
gion continue to heavily shell the enc.
: my's back areas.
Farther east in the Vosges region
the Americans are keeping up theil
/, patrol activity against the enemy. The
Americans also are busily engaged IL
!; bombing German points behind the
line. Thirty-eight bombs were drop
!, ped from airplanes on Colflans Satur
da yand ten direct hits scored. Con
siderable fighting in the air also l:
!, taking place, one American aicmal
apparently having disposed of tw'
German Fokkers and two Americans
J. each sending down one enemy plane.
:. These Have Arrived Safely Over