The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
IN Yesterdays
Z ADVANCE ALLIES
GAINED 2 MILES
Makes Farthest Progress Total
of About Seven Miles.
Withdrawal of Huns From
Marine Seems Certain.
GERMAN DEFENSE STIFFENS
Forward Movement Around
Scissors Slows Down.
Rapid Allied Advance Con-
tinues Farther South.
Withdrawal of Huns From
Marine Seems Certain.
GERMAN DEFENSE STIFFENS
Rapid Allied Advance Con-
tinueS Farther South.


Steady progress against increased
enemy resistance resulting in fight
ing of the fiercest nature attends fur
Their attacks by French and American
forces on the front between the Aisne
and the BIarne.
German Defense Stiffens.
Around Scissors on the north the
German defense j. stiffening and the
forward movement apparently is
mu = slower than on Thursday when
the biggest gains of the day were
made re. L. the center and on the
south, however. the allied line has
ing the average further progress about
one al a quarter miles.
Fall of Scissors Believed Certain.
Scissors still holds out altho it IS
believed its fall is certain. The Ger
mans keep their troops south OF the
Marine but a withdrawal there be-
c mes mora tain as the allies moe
forward northwest of Chateau ThierrV.
General Mangins advancing line
which had a decided bulge south of
the Aisne is frightening out. On an
eight mile front astride the Ourcq
and s-.vieres in the center, the Lilies
haV dvarced more than two miles
{ pturing important heights. Further
sO4th the gain from around Neuilly
st. Front, to west of Chateau Thierry
was t as great bu- the Germans lost
valua q positions.
1900 Prisoners and $50 Guns.
Officially it ID declared the Franco
Ameri IN troops have captured in eX-
cess of 1900 prisoners and more
than $50 guns. Unt lficiaI reports in
Paris are to he effect that the cap
lures are much in excess of the Of
ficial estim-te. Much material not
yet enumerated and many hundreds
of machine guns also have been aiken.
Germans Ignore Americans.
Berlin apparently believing that the
allied offensive is in great strength,
tells of the repulse of efforts to break
thru. AlthO denying that the allies
broke thru, it admits that the Ger
man lines have been driven back and
that it was necessary to throw in
large reserves to keep the allies from
making a large hole in the German
defenses between the Aisne and
Marine No mention is made of
American troops.
Fighting Dies Down Elsewhere.
Elsewhere on the scissors Chateau
Thierry Rheims triangle the fighting
has died down. The situation here
with the allies holding firmly depends
upon the outcome of the stroke on the
west Berlfn's view of the fighting
+ is that the Cerrpans had to put
down strong allied attacks Thursday.
Seemingly, therefore, the Germans
have given up further attempts astride
the Marine and they have not re-
acted against the French attack which
drove them westward from Mont
voisin. Further violent fighting is
anticipated in the battle triangle as
it is not improbable the Germans will
make every effort to nullify General
Foch's strategy and prevent the allies
from wiping out the salient between
scissors and Rheims which becomes
more gravely endangered as the
French and Americans move forward.
The German offensive begun Mon
day is in a bad way, and the enemy
viii make furious attempts to save
the reputation of the crown prince
already seriously marred by the strong
allied counter blow. Berlins says
10000 prisoners were taken in the
four days beginning Monday, while
the allies have taken 1900 in two
days and great number of guns.
Greatest Gain Seven Miles.
: The battle line is not yet clearly out
lined, but runs almost straight north
from Torcy to Chaudun, where it
bulges northeast toward Scissors The
greatest gain has been about seven
miles on the north.
In brilliant local operation in
FLANDERS Scottish troops have occu-
pied Meteren, which is on a height
commanding a part of the Lys valley.
They took 500 prisoners. Just south
or Meteren, Australian troops have adj
vanced slightly and captured eighty
Germans. On the other battle fronts
there is little aNivity. British ayia-
tors have bombed German 1nanufac-
turing cities in the Rhine district
The cause of the sinking of the
American cruiser San Diego off Long
undetermined u
known whether any lives We're lost.
rive persons are reported lost in the
sinking early this week off the Irish
coast of the Cunard liner Carpathia.