The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-08-24
ALLIES MAKE GOOD
GAINS IN FOUR SECTORS
Ha1e Surprises Foe With New Smash
SOuth Of Arras-G Germans Push.
ed Back in Lys Sector and
Along Disc River.

ed Back in Lys Sector and
Along Disc River.
London, Aug. 22.@The tide of defeat
still surges heavily against the Ger
man armies in France and Flanders.
On four important sectors French and
British arms again have won and the
entire German front from Ypres, in
Belgium to Scissors, on the Aisne now
is more seriously menaced than be-
fore.
French troops OF General Mangin,
operating from the region two miles
northwest of scissors to the Disc riv-
er and those of General H.mbert
fighting between the Disc and the
Matz have materially pushed forward
their fronts, bringing them to posi-
tions which threaten to compel the
immediate evacuation of the entire
Somme- Disc salient from Brays to
, Noyon.
|
and Arcas Field Marshal Ha;g has
followed up his successes CT previous
days by ) new offensive over a front
of about 10 miles and driven forward
his troops for splendid gains over the
ensire line, capturing n,.Eber of vii
lagos, taking prisoners and guns and
inflicting heavy casualties on the
enemy
Still further nort,:, in the famous
Lys sector, a general eastward ad-
vance en- a front of mere than four
miles has been made by the British,
WHO lave brought their positions .ap-
! preciably nearer the old 1916 battle
lines running east of Armentieres. :.
Lassigny is Captured "
/ Numerous additional villages have
been. liberated by the French north
east o. SCISSORS and positions have
teen captured on both sides of the
ta0ise. river which seemingly made un-
tsnable for occupation by the enemy
the important town of Noyon which
! is NOW Qutflankel On the southeast
and dominated by the French guns
from the south and west. On the
soGth the French are standing in
Sempiegny mile and half distant
while on the west they have captured
the important pivoted town of Las,
signy, the key position 10 iSoyon and
the plains to the north.
With the latest advance by the
French east of the Disc there has
come under the range of General Man.
gins guns the broad gauge railway
! line leading from Noyon eastward to
lLaFere-the sole remaining line, ex-
cept for two narrow gauge roads,
over which the enemy may transport
his men and supplies beyond the
range of the French artillery.
| British Still Rush On.
| At last accounts, Haig was still
pressing forward on the heels of the
Germans between Albert ana Arras
with tanks clearing the way for the
infantry and machine guns and the
fiela artillery which was keeping
close up to the advance. The Arras-
Albert railway already has been
crossed by the British east of Bois-
liux-St. Marc and Esercaiel, and
south of these towns the new line has
been pressed eastward in conformity.
Cn the Lys salient the Germans
have delivered, violent counter
attack in an endeavor to recoup in
part the losses they have sustained
Their efforts, however. were fruit
less for the British everywhere with
stood their assaults and pushed back
the enemy beyond the points of his
departure.
Germans Must Retreat.
What Is to be the effect of the al
lied drives along the IL. mile battle
line from Ypres to Scissors cannot
be foretold at present. but it seems
highly probable that this entire front
soon must be realigned. This partic-
ular menace> to the Germans, aside
from that in the territory between
the Somme and the Oise, appears to
be on the sector along the Vesle riv-
er from scissors to Rheims, which
from the war maps, looks to be un-
tenable. Even the Aisne and the
Chemin des Danes do not appear to
be any too safe for defense line if
General Mangin presses much further
northwest of Scissors.