Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-03

the French and British troops. con tinuing their push of Thursday, have reached the valley of the Crise, a lit tie river which joins the Aisne at Soissons.
 The Germans. therefore, have aban- dOned the whole of the Chaudun Pla- .teau, between the Coeuvres and Crise valley.
 This ground has been a desperately disputed battle field for weeks. It has been swept by the German heavy guns from the north of the line and from the east and probably was the hottest sector of the whole battle front
 In the center the French cavalry are in the big woods called the For lest De Nesles, a mile northeast of Fere En TardenOis. On the allied left the troops are in touch with the for ests of the Ardre, two miles north of Villers Agron.
 The Germans, disregarding the mll- itary considerations which counselled frank acceptance of defeat and rapid retreat many days ago in order to spare their men for their new at tempt, have been obliged to accept the inevitable and are falling back, probably to the Vesle river.
 The German crown princes offen- sive on the Marne has failed as sig nally as that of VOn Kluck in 1914, and the last word is with the allies.
 The allied line this evening runs from Hommieres to Soissons thence to Belleau, the Valley of the Crise. Chacrise and Arcy-St. Restitue, through the center of the forest of Nesles to the village of the same name and through the center Of the forest of Rheims to Lagery, l. Hery and Tram cry. North of the last named three places, French cavalry has advanced another mile to BOis Le Moine and Treslon. Brouillet is still in the en- emy's hands. in flames and further east, near Rheims, Thillois has been retaken.
 The day was one of continued sue cess for the armies of General Man gin, De Goutte and BeTthelOt. All along the line the Germans have been forced to hurry their retreat, especial ly on the west and center of the sali- ent. The enemy is completely devas- tating the country as he retires, car rying out the settled German policy.
 The French are now on the edge of the plateau between the Crise and Vesle after an advance which at some places was three miles deep in seven miles of Fishes. The enemy, it now seems certain, must retire to the Vesle and very probably to the Aisne.
 A copy of the Berlin Tageblatt, re- ceived behind the French lines con tains the following article written re- gently by Herr Hegeler, its war cor respondent:
 REAL HUN VICTORY
 From the strategical point of
 view the seven days battle has
 been a complete failure. Never
 theless, success has been gained
 which I can register today A
 new part of France has been laid
 waste. Everywhere are rJneu
 towns, villages and farms. Fires
 light up the nights, and all day
 thick clouds of smoke, caused by
 voilent explosions, float over the
 ravaged cornfields and destroyed
 forests"
 A previous account, received dur
 
 as running south of Villers Agron, through Goussancourt and the Reddy Farm Cthe latter a mile north of Cier- ges). past Seringes south of Saponay. through Cramaille, Servenay and Cor doux south of the Plessier Woo1, and through Contremain and west of Fig ny
 he advances of the French troops west of Fere En Tardenois give them possession of the whole ridge from the Plessier wood through the Arcy wood. Thus they command the valley of the Crise. which is the gateway to Sois- sons THhey also have won improved gun positions, making it easier to in- ter9ere with the German transporta- tion.
 lVANKC HHEET WITI