The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-23
Enemy Resists Desperately,
but Allies Are Gaining
Foot by Foot.
HIS PERIL INCREASES
Crown Prince Asks Aid of
Prince Rupprecht to Stay
Force of Blow.
MARINE ARMY POCKETED
Airmen Destroying Roads Of
Supply Which Are Beyond
Reach Of Our Guns.
MARINE ARMY POCKETED
Special Gable Despatch TO Tue ST.
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| Special Cable Despatch TO Tue ST..
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LONDON, July 22.-Alf indications
through the uncomfortable "bOttle
neck" In which they were penned up
by Gen. FOchs offensive.
French and American troops. push
ing still further eastward south OF
| Scissors, have cut the narrow gauge
railroad running from scissors south
| and by means Of which Il grent many
, of the enemy forces along the Marne
have been supplied.
French forces, pushing out below
SOissOns, crossed the main Scissors.
Chateau Thierry road north of Vile
montoire, near Buzancy Villemon-
tOire Is five and a half miles due
south Of Scissors.
Lines Reported Cut.
Other unofficial reports reaching
London from reliable correspondents
in France also reported thnt the Ger
man lines had been cut and that the
Soissons-Chateau Thierry road lad
been crossed in several places. Due
to the clOseness of the Allies to the
road yesterday and the apparent con.
sternation. in the German ranks. 1t Is
believed ny military strategists here
that the Americans and French have
pierced this line in several places
, adding more CONSERVATION to the Ger
man retreat
All along the line the Germans are
putting up n desperate resistance, and
in their official report, issued during
the day, the assertion was made tina
the advance of the Allies had been
halted by counter attacks.
Opposed to this statement. however
is the known fact that further south
In the Chateau Thierry neighborhood
the retreating enemy forces are burn
ing villages and ammunition dumps
Allied airmen reported fires at numer-
Gus places back of the German lines
during the day and the allied com
manders are confident this indicates
preparations for a retreat on a large
scale.
Has 100000 in salient.
Cutting of the railroad and the high
way leading from Scissors south will
present a next to unsolvable problem
to the Crown Prince, who already Is
reported to have sent an urgent mes
sage to Crown Prince Rupprecht. op-
posite the British in the north, asking
for immediate help. The heir to the
German throne is thought to have in
the neighborhood OF 800, 900 men in the
salient, of which Sossons, Chateau
Thierry and Rheims form the angles
and II the supply roads on the east are
cut big scale retreat will be the only
thing left for him.
As the Germans continue their wild re-
tirement and the allied forces press for
ward large numbers OF prisoners are
being taken. 1t Is believed here that the
number will cause some surprise when
the official announcement Is made, th-
impression prevailing now that In the
FASTENED pursuit the Allies are not oc-
cupied In counting prisoners-smp,y
sc ending them TO the cages in the rear
for co,,n, ,atar--vbiro ,ho,. oo,,,
preas on toward ,ha ono,,,. -,
b,s ,.tirsmsr,
Greatest Fishtina Of war.
The urpency ~ ,bo crou,r p,,,,..-
posit,on is shour ~, ,ha ,a.
nature of ,bo carr,an co,n,sr o,,ao,.a, T.,
the Soissops neighborhood. The French