Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-09-12
News review or
The Great WAR
British Smash the WOtan Line
and French and Yankees
Drive Huns North.
GERMANS QUIT VESLE RIVER
Continue Their Retreat From LylS Sec.
tor, Where Americans Fight on
Belgian soiI-sOIsheyif Are
Defeated In siberi9 and
Northern RussbA.
Hy EDWARD w. ElcKARp.

The whole western front, from Hpres
to Relms, was ablaze ~ the week, and
throughout all the loI retch thf Ger
mans continued thei reat ple ar
niles Qf the allies ed eloAly. on
'i6e lmmering at ihe1 ,day Z
and night and liFing them not b mod
ment's pause fsf reorganization of I
Their weaIied forces. 1t was aINther
week of uninterrupted allied suicess,
and the withdrawal of the Huns was |
extended to include the Vesle river .
sector. between scissors and Rcims. |
Until Wednesday there had been little |
activity there, except continuous arhI- I
lery work and some sharp fighting he
tween the Americans and the Germans
In the region of Fismes and FiSmptte.
But in the first days of the week air
plane observers reported evidences Of
II coming retreat by the enemy, and
this developed ont Wednesday. The
American and French patrols pursued
the Huns promptly and by Thursday
had reached the crest dominating the
AiSne, across which river the Germans
seemed likely to take the main bodies
f'their troops.
This retrograde movement was made
Necessary by the successful advance o.
General Mangins army north and
northwest of Solssons between the ALI
cite and the Aisne. threatening the
Chemln des Danes and ilankIng the
enemy line toward FismeS. With the
aid OF Americans, Mangin was moving
steadily down the AiSne plateau and
in the direction Of Laon, and 1t up-
peared doubtful that the Huns would
be able to remain long south Of the
Hindenburg line through An2y and
Craonne. They We're driven out of
Clemency. Bray, Missy-sur-AIsne and
many other towns IN. this region, and
the French as early as Wednesday
night were IN the outskirts Of Coucy,
one Of the important German bases en-
the edge of the st. GObaln forest, he
tween there and Chauny the enemy
was forced from II series Of dumlnnt-
Ing heights that he has relied ou to
pi ictect La FCre. To thr northwest
of Chnuny equally Important Victories
gave General Humhert possession OF
Gulscard and MaucOurt after he had
forced the retirement of the enemy
from Mont st. Simeon and the Canal
du Nord. This latter action was a
desperate fight, for the German posi-
tons were protected by wilderness OF
l' wire entanglemcnts and by innuucr
: phle machlne-gun nests. Captured oili
cCrS snid they had orders to retreat {,
the region Of BethUncourt northwest
I OF Chauny. There We're indications
[ that the Huns planned tn make u stanI
g on line through Ham, hut the Frcncl
g advance was so swift that their uh!l
|. ity to do this was doubtful TIL,
h French First army was moving TIRE
slstlbly on Ham from Ncsle and tn,
l. Canal du Nord
II At Eresnes the French and Ameri
II CUn uuNuuVV lNuNHNu INV W." ''''''' -
n burg line, had Ham practically llNnke'
| and was rapidly approaching Laon
le The last named city has been one q
o. the most important of the GermoI
m bases In Plcardy and the heart of tn
,d present Hun operations. II isa grea
Ie center or railways ami highways an,
NJ lts capture by the allies. Il was said
10 must mean the further retirement O
Is the enemy.
IN III
The British In plcnrdy opened m