Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-07
Flanking Movement by
Franco.Americans Glow
But Certain.
H HASTE MARKING
FLIGHT ELSEWHERE
Germans Making Rapid Retirement on
Entire Front From River Aisns to
camhrsi-s stiffenins Resistance 70
Franee-Ar,sriean Advance on Aisns
Ham and Other Important june
tion Points Now Held by Allies.
lBy the Associated Press.I


Haste marks the flight OF the Ger.
mans all along the battle front in
France from the river Aisns to the
old energy dsfsnsss bSors Cambria
and St. Quentin, where LaFsrs 10 in
r,ore immediate danger and laon
is within range Of French guns.
On the Aisne front the French
and Americans have reached q
critical stage in their advance and
indications psint to stimsnins in
( German defense in m effort to
stavs Oh the evacuation ef their
pssjtiers on the chsn,in dss DANES.
The Amsrieans occupy positions
.in ths wseds and hills south of the
rivs> ASens on an offended front.
/ On thu American left The Frsneh
have taken ceuey -Is-c Chateau and
are in pesssssion Of their cid
trsnchss dominating the chssnin
des Danes. At this point ths
Frsneh are appreachi- >ositions
Of vital Importance 70 the Gsrmans
II they plan 70 further resist the
allied pressure toward laon.
In the Noyon sector the French
now hold the important junction
points AT Ham and the further re.
frost Of the Germans on the old
Hindsnburg line between LaFers
and 81. Quentin 10 anticipated.
To the north the British have ad.
vanesd 70 . depth Of seven miles
seuthsas Of Peronns on line from
Monehy -Lasaehs, Pineourt and
vraisnes. In this advance tho Brit
ish met . stiff resistance only
around Nuriu and Equaneourt,
whore the Germans took advant.
age o. the natural defenses Of high
ground. Slight gains also were
made by the British in Flanders,
whore WuIvsrshsm, Nsuvs Chap.
SiIs and eussu were captured.
The recent advances by the Brit.
isi, and French have almost clear.
Cd the Noyon salient and with St.
Quentin nenaesd and lsFsrs in
immsdists danger Of capture. the
Germans face the neee ssity Of pre-.
pairing new defense line to the
roar o. the old hindenburq line.
In the northern part Of the front
ths British havs pushed forward
on Z front Of more than fifteen
>miIss. They have driven in hard
on the left flank Of the German
line protecting cambrai, along this
canSl Du Nord, occupying the
greater portion Of Havrineourt
wood and capturing several addi-
tionai towns 70 the southwark.
South Of the ssomne the French
ars reported to have affected I
gain 70 an average Of two miles on
front 81 t~snty miles. They took
the important town Of Tsrsnisr, Z
only two and ene- half miles from,
the Hindenhurs cline At "a Fsre,
and swept ovsr several towns
I snerthward toward the British front
II their preSrssss
ssglt WAS beyond the ojss, howsvsr
sthat General Petain's foross made
their most important gains. Gen.
erai Mansin,s arnyEhas difficult !
task befers Il here, whore the
Germans ars Established In the *
tsrsivs forest ~ st. oobair, the
KY point 81 their defensive sys-
tenn. 1ke Frsneh have alrsady
pushsd thru che outlying lower
forsst Of couey, hoSeNsr, and by
taking Darlsis hsvs begun to press \
eins upon the o.. oobain nnassif u.
sslf.
AZ pelnts along this front the
Frsneiss apparently havs rsaehsd
sso0nd beyond the former Ger.
man defensive line. The official
statement from Paris shows thsm
- the sdoss 81 The upper forest o.
lcouey, also On I part Of ths o. o..
Sain bastion defending Laon,, and
Ishsy ~ officially rsportsd % have
puelsd ints Z big strsteh Of en-
lsirsly nsw sround IL this arsa.
saaoN ths Aisns The French havs
iItaksW the Condo fort and Condo.
sSvs Aisns, whence their snovsmsnt
I lhrOatsns the Germans who still
80 elinsins sts the river % the 1
}sast alsns the front held BY the Y
J y 4 isans. 4,
hus Il ses,ws sthsrs can hardly
~ I = nesBsNtary balt ~ the enemy
tksss and ths sepsrts from ths
XXI 6ejop Seent III dieaAe - allled n
seS I = T. sim nlsAd, "