The sun., 1918-08-21
Enemy's Yield of Ground
Destroys Hope of Drive
on Channel Ports.
Z VILLAGES CAPTURED
Jaeger Troops Thrown In
and Berlin Claims Gen
eral Repulse.
BRITISH REPORT GAINS
Make Advances Where BOches
Announced Complete Break
down of Attacks.
BRITISH REPORT GAINS
Special Cd6le Despotch TO The SIN.

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LONDON, Aug. 20.-Gen. Mangin eS-
tended his front along a fifteen mile
line to-day, penetrating an average
Of two and a half miles into the
German positions between the Disc
and the Aisne. BY this stroke
against the hinge OF the great Ger
man salient in France Marshal Foch
has threatened the German retention
of lines on both sides of Noyon. The
advance to-day brought the French to
within four miles Of Noyon, which
is now within the range Of the heavy
guns.
Gen. Mangin attacked at o'clock
In the morning on ten mile front.
taking 800 prisoners during the first
hour. Later he widened his attack
five miles, and during the day his
men sent back 5000 prisoners. Seven
villages were captured in to-day's
drive.
The opinion is freely expressed here
that the Germans will soon find it
necessary to retire to the Chemin des
Danes, in the east, and to the old
Hindenburg line, in the west.
While Gen. Mangin was thus adj
vancing Gen. Humbert ,Wovcd ,for---
ward mile on twelve mile front.
reaching the outskirts of Thiescourt.
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push the Germans back. as they did
not withdraw voluntarily at any
point.
Since Sunday the French have
taken 10000 prisoners in this dis
trict, which in view of Field Mar
shal Won Hindenburg's depleted man
power is great victory in Itself.
The Germans in an effort to stop
these inronds on their fighting
strength have sent reenforcements
from the Jaeger divisions, supposedly
the best fighters in the KaiserS
armies. But they cannot stop the
French, who continue to push
through their lines.
Germans CIinS to ROyc.
East OF the Oise the French advance
began at Bailly. a little town east and
south OF Ribecourt. From there tho
new French line extends to Carlepont
and Caisnes. II the centre Gen. Man
gins men have pushed beyond Com
bray and Blerancourdelle and into the
heights overlooking Vassens on the
west. The line then turns southward.
extending just beyond Nezaponin, Tar
tiers, Cuisy -Almont, Osly and Cour-
til, all these villages having been cap
tured in to-day's f1ghting.
On the extreme left of their part OF
the front the French have captured
the town OF Beuvralgnes. which is
south ard little west of Roye This
town was taken after the bitterest kind
OF fighting. the Germans clinging on
desperately in the hope OF further de-
laying the fall OF Roye.
The Berlin night statement denies
all these French successes. stating that
tho attacks broke down everywhere.
Unless the German high command
took the precaution 20 confiscate all
maps and Biographies in the empire it
Is inconceivable that they can long
continue to deceive the people with
their misleading official statements.
One night they announce that French
attempts to take a certain town were
repulsed with heavy losses, and a night
or two later the. fighting. according to
their own reports, Is centred srounu
towns to the east OF the one agstnst
which an attack was repulsed witJ,
heavy losses" Germans back OF the
Rhine are doubtless wondering how II
is that their soldiers are always 're
pulsing attacks" and at tho same time
moving nearer and nearer toward Ger
many.
NOyon . Crucial Point.
While the French continue 10 achieys
great successes In the south the British
also continued to advance in the north.
East OF Arras, along the Scarpe River.
they pushed their lines forward TO the
neighborhood OF Fampoux. Further
north, along the Lys. the British are
now in L'Epinette. North OF Mervl!e
they have taken Vierhoek and La Cou-
rome.
North Of Roye, where the allied lines
are held by the British under Field Mar.
shall Haig. the Germans counter attacked
strongly, particularly In the nsighboT-