Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-27
BRITISH SMASH
LINE OF ENEMY
EAST OF ARRAS
Another of Haig's Armies
Pushes Eastward in
SOmme Valley.
NEW OFFENSIVE GAINS
TWO MILES IN PLACES
Germans Will Soon Be Com
PEELED to Evacuate
Bapaume.
ALLIES IMPROVE POSITIONS
French Capture Fresnoy-les-Royc and
ST. NIafd, North and South
of Roye.
NEW OFFENSIVE GAINS
TWO MILES IN PLACES
ALLIES IMPROVE POSITIONS
French Capture Fresnoy-les-Roye and
ST. Mafd, North and South
of Roye.
tpy Associated Press

gagged in defending themselves against
the attacks of the British and French
armies from the Ancre River to the
region of Scissors. Field Marshal Haig
early Monday morning struck another
surprise blow over a new front north
OF the old battle zone. The new Of
fensive was launched from the east Of
Arras. on the Scarpe River. and south
ward to the Cojeul. All along the
front the British pressed forward, at
some places to a depth OF more than
two miles and captured half dozen
or more VILLAGES. among them Monchy-
le-Preux Guemappe, and Wancourt.
attacks on the old battle front brought
them to the villages Of Mory and st:
town of Fayreuil, one and half miles
northeast of Bapaume, from which the
British pressed on eastward about a
reported unoffcially to have reached
the western outskirts of Thilloy in
the the nippsr they are eaEFyths
men standing we'll within gun range
Of the town 1t seems likely that the
Gsrmans Will l,dn, be forced to evaeuate
by. the British east of Albert and on
fact. Notwithstanding the efforts OF the
Germans through the use Of large re-
endorsements to hold them in check. tho
from Albert to Soissons have materially
bettered their positions and carried
further forward their pan of making
the Picardy battle ground untenable
The French again are hammerinE
away at the cnvirons Of Roye. one of
front. the capture Of which doubtless
would cause the giving UP by the en-
emy OF the entire salient from the
Somme In the north OF Noyon. F'res-
noy-les-Roye, to the north, and st.
Mard. to the south of Roye. both have
eaptpsd by the
mans. and Roye, like Bapaume, in the
north, apparently is in danger of be-
,ai veioping ns"en mopement. Se ~ More @ than an 600
prisoners were taken by the French In
the operation.
GENERAL. MANGJN'S FORCES
BEAT OFF ALL ATTACKS
The Germans have thrown further
heavy counterattacks against the
French in the region north OF SCISSORS.
where the. French, continue their pres
seriously. threaten to outf1ank tho
Chemin -des- DANES and Laon sectors
and to put the entire German line from
Yrres to Rheims In Jeopardy. All the
attacks have been sustained by General
Mangins forces. and the French even
have pushed back the Germans beyond
the points from which they started.
The famous Prussian Guard has been
thrown into the battle to check the
French, nut, as In their efforts aSalnSt
the French and Americans in the Vesle
sector, they met with defeat. @
The operations of the British on the
northern part of the front. from the
east of Arras to the region of Buile-
court have brought them virtually upon
or very near the old Hindenburg line.
CONSIDERABLE ACTIVITY
CONTINUES ON yOSGES FRONT
There Is still considerable activity
on the eastern part OF the battle front
in the Vosges. where forces of Ameri-
cans recently have been fighting. The
operations. however, continue In the
nature of raids and small surprise at
tacks. Several of the latter maneuvers
have been put down by the French
There has been an increase in ths
activity in the Albanian theater Here
the Austrians twice attacked the
Franco-Italiar troops. but were re-
pulsed. Later the French slightly with-
drew their line In order to maintain
liaison with the Italians. 80