The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-24
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SUMMARY OF The WAR
(By Associated Press. }

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Rheims.
The French war office report,
heavy artillery fire around the sail
ent, and the repuIse of a German
counter attack in the region O.
Vrigny, five miles southwest O
Rheims. Nothing is said as to prog,
ress against the increased German
resistance north of the Marine, mol
is there mention of the situation
north of Montdidier, where on Tues.
day morning the French took po.
sitions dominating long reaches ot
the AVre river.
From unofficial sources it is re.
ported that the rainy weather of the
last few days has slowed up the
fighting between soissons anc
Rheims and probably also has re.
tarded the Gerrnn retirement from
the bag in which the crown princes
forces we're caught by General Man.
gins thrust against the western side
of the salient.
MAY RETREAT TO VEsLE.
Allied airmen report conditions
back of the German lines as indi.
catiVe of a German retreat to the
Vesle river. The line of the Ourco
has been virtually rendered unten-
! able by the allies advance to the
neighborhood of OuIchy -Ie- Chateau
and ouehy-Ie- Vile, north of the
| stream.
South of SCISSORS the French and
Americans are known to have
reached the western bank of the
Crise river. Should the allies sue
| ceed in crossing the Crise in force
and in gaining the plateau TO the
eastward Of that stream, German
occupation of Soissons would prob
ably be short lived. Such an ad'
\ vance also would make the line o.
the Vesle of aliBhA, advantage to the
Germans and would probably com.
pei their eventual retirement to the
7 Aisne river. For this reason the al
lied efforts to forge eastward OF
Buzancy may be expected to be re-
doubled and the German resistance
at this point probably will be of the
sternest character.
Allied pressure on the Rheims
scissors salient maintains it's prog
| ress against the Germans who also
are being hampered in their prep.
| arations for an eventual retirement
| by hurricanes of shells from allied
guns and hundreds of bombs drop
ped by allied airmen.
Stubborn as is the resistance Of
the Germans at vital points, espe.
cially from the Ourcq along the
| Marne to the Ardre the French
Americans and British continue tc
advance. Heavy artillery fire anc
hundreds Of machine guns form the
backbone of the German defense
! This has tended to slow up the al.
lies but has not stopped their prog
ress. On the important sectoG
! astride the Ourcq, the French have
moved forward another kiIometer
toward the important German base
of Fers Tardenois. The town
with it's supplies of food and ammu
milton is now within six miles OF
the advancing French line. A great
fire has BEEN burning there for
many hours.
While the French progress toward
Fere from the west the French and
Americans are gaining steadily from
the. south. Around BarbiIIon wood
and toward the Marine, the allies in
heavy fighting on rain soaked fields,
are pressing back the Germans who
have attacked VioiousIy but appar-
emily futilely. Further east along
the Marine the bridaeheads on the
northern bank are being enlarged
by the French and Americans who
have advanced two more miles be-
tween ST. Pere and CharteVes. The
Germans evidently have been driven
entirely from the north bank except
at several points east of Dormans.
BRITISH TAKE PRISONERS.
Southwest of Rheims in the heav-
lily wooded country along the Andre
the British and French pressure con-
tinues. An average advance of about
two thirds Of mile has been made
on a limited front. The drive here
is a corolIary to the French pressure
astride the oureq. The British nave
taken 800 prisoners, making their
total for three days LOO.
Fresh troops constantly are being
thrown in by the Germans, appaF-
emily only for the purpose of check
ing the allied advance sufficiently
to permit the removal Of large GUAM
titiee of stores and big guns from
within the salient to a line parallel =
ing the Vesle. The enemy is re-
ported 20 be removing his supplies
as rapidly and as we'll as he is able.
but the allied artillery fire and
bombing activity is proving most
1arassing. Stores and ammunition
dumps which cannot be moved are
being fired.
American and British aviators are
aiding the French aiFnen in their
raida and bombing expeditions in
the zone behind the German lines.
Thirty -seVen machines were ac-
counted for Monday while Berlin
claims that So allied planes were
brought down.
Since the fighting began july rs
the Germans are reported 60 have
used between sixty and seventy di-
visions. Estimated from French
headquarters place the German
losses in that period aE 10000 In
Killed, wounded and prisoners.
in Picardy the Germans have fail
ed 70 resist aaainat the French
stroke north of Montdidier in which
the towns and heights dominating
the Avre were taken from the en-
endy. Paris reports that prisoners
taken total 800.
The French losses are said 60 have
been slight.
In Albania The French and Italians
continue their progress up the Dew
oil valley toward EI5aeaan. iH two
days che French haye captured 500
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