Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-17
HUNS HURLED BACK
3 MILES At CENTRE
of 8 MILE LINE
Germans Making Desperate Stand
TO Retain Position 81 Roye,
Great Hun Base.
FRENCH MAY FLANK FOE
Associated Press summary . .. m:

Associated Press Summary o. m:
Roye, the central bastian of the Ger
man defense line from PsrOune n, Noyon
which hos sUithstood allied thrigts for
nearly week, is rnenaoed seriously bv
advancing French, British and Canadian
troops, and is fall would appear ~ be q
probability II the Dezi few hours WITH
The town in allied hands, the southern
end of lhc German Jne, ~ lensi, nurloubt
edly would have lo retire, although tho
northern end through Chaulnes H. Per
onne also would be- affected The Allies
now are but a acanf one and one Quartz
miles vest " the town, while they sro
pressing eastward in the north md IN thc
south
Along a front ~ nearly nine miles north
and south of the Avrc which flows through
Roye the Allies have pushed back me
enemy ~ stubborn fighting The fDovf
notable advance was made pu front ~
three miles IN The center by French and
Canadian troops who nrr now fighting on
q line through BpyeDc0uTt. ~ Navd-les-
Iriot and IaucOurt 81 Mgrd is wegt ~
Rpye and there are no villages in he inter-
ycning mile md p quarter
Rovg Avn LsasfG.,r rHPysTrvgD
French troops on the,soutb havf faror.
tflflJ WAY NtllHlHt ftiff|fWif tIfA NftEft~ HftHf
which borders The Rovp-I .assivnv roed ou
the west The wood y fvo u,cs DIRECTLY
south ~ Rove and II would auroar that 4
further advance might enable t1e Frepcb
70 outHank both Rove and Ias4ignv and
force the Germans ~ rendiust tbpir lines
eastward toward Hoyon and probably
beyond
North of Gnvencourt BRITISH forceg,
after having repuIaed an enemy attack %
Damery IN which 2jN prisoners were cap
tured, are pushing eastward French units
toward Franzart and Frenoy-ies-Rpye
Artillery activity continues % The rc-
naming sectors Of the main battle front
between the Ancre and The Oise The
British on the northern end and the
French on the southern maintain the new
" gained positions. and the enemy has
shown no disposition - attack
Berlin reports officially that allied az
tacks on both sides of the A vre on Friday
failed The German war office has nothing
further to say Of the Withdrawals in the
Lys salient and along the Ancre Ad-
mission Of the loss Of Attiche farm south
west Of NOyon 70 the French Is made, but
1t is said SIX French attacks AGAINST
Lassigny on Thursday were reputsed.
AMERICANS BOMB BRIDGES.
American and French troops along the
Veshe have undergone an attack IN which
the Germans used gas, artillery and bomb
ing avlators hIs attack followed an
InCursIon bv American aviators wno
heavily bombed German bridges OF the
AIsne and discovered enemy artillery and
machine gun nests Three German arr
planes were brought down by American
airmen Thursday. British and French
airrnen on the same day put thIrty-two
enemy machines ont Of action. wnIle Ber-
lin reports the destruction Of "a allied
alrplanes.
Italian troops m the Tonale region.
northwest Of Lake Garcia, ana along the
southern Piaye nave wIthstood Austrian
attacks against their new positions 4n
these sectors. Otherwise the situation
is unchanged IN northern Italy
SPAIN MAY SEIZE GERMAN BOATS
Spain. which recently sent another note
70 Germany protesting against ae de-
struction Of Spanish merchantmen 0v sub
marines, IS reported 70 have notified
Berlin that hereafter the Spanish govern
ment viii make up losses Sustained oy
U-boats by seIzIng German shipping n
Spanish harbors. German vessels To the
number OF ninety have found refuge IN
Spanish territorial waters