The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-13
DEFEAT OF HUNS is
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TOSTAND[) . ANYWHERE

NEW YORK, August f1-2-l Associated Pressl
-Crushed by the Allied offensive. which has rioyv
extended to the valley of the Ose north Of Com
peiene from Albert on the north. Ehe Germans are
retreating everywhere towards the Somme and the
Nesle- Noyon Canal with every indication Last
night that great force of Germans would be trap
ped in the southern end of the sahent. @jrs5>
The French who on Friday night had driven
ahead north Of Montdidier, yesterday morning
swung the head Of their advance south and cut the
lines back Of thousands of ths enemy, who were
forced to surrender. Moving swiftly towards lis
signy they pushedup from the south reaching Elm
court, between Ressons and RibecouTt, some ten
miles southeast of Montdider thus threatening the
German retreat by way Of Noyons, while In the
center of the general Allied advance the French pas
,rols have reached and entered Chaulnes the Inn
pOrtant junction points through which the ermas must
pass undertake the long march to Noyons country
roads that have been torn to pieces and under the shell fire
of the French and British >.i.$ .,s. . ....- trI
IN PERILOUs POSITIONS Iii n
Their railroad has been cut bOthnOrth and south and
the battered beaten Germans have been placed in most
desperate position i'm which it Is almost certain that they
will lose the greater part of their artillery and their sup
plies H heyare not also cut off and captured in huge num-
The somme bridges south Of peronn. are already und. the
shell FIRE of the Allies cOmpatng the German retreat while the
PerOnne bridge itself is reported to have broken, ~
..r DEFEAT SEEMS COMPLETE
The defeat Of the Germans along front that nearly ffy
long constantly snghknng be complete The
great sent salient and that
Aens salient to smash open Paris
wedge between the British and Freno armies are both sashed
in full with certainty that ne Of defense be
oEganized within another fifteen miles. e We -
q Foch is giving the enemy opportpnit 20 stand anyvere
long enough reorganize tangled system
form his battered DIVISIONS and guns and material found aba
doned every hand In the taking Frech
tud thousands of prisoners and took quantities Of supplies
Of al the snddenne$s Of the french had
prevented the enemy from destroying removing f4R M
Prisoners far since Thursday estimated thirty
thousand although the of Paris ntmates that the
being purpoey low that actual captures
Marne and the Somme very an have beep officially
reported. ~ - - No. IN N&IH
ALLIED LOSSES LIGHT - :" =
The Allied light relation the being
inflicted the and in proportion the magnitude Of the
operations British army headquarters yesterday that
many wounded Germans than British French being
brought into the field clearing Many German Red Cross
units have been caught the advance and the German
doctors and being used help the general emergency
hospital work. being given charge in many of the German
wounded the British Red Cross workers bring in,
North of the Ancre the British firmly established in
fierce around Chpy and Morlancou since the launching Of the
Allied drive have ceased altogether The Germans failing
back all along this Of the ne saving whatever they while
British patrols pushing their toward Bray important
base point OF the
AMERICANS IN HARD FIGHT
On this section OF the tron north OF the Somme American
force the battle yesterday. Following capture
Monder by the French the British and Americans
gethe beyond their obecve taking Chy spur after desperate
fighting The American casualties from British head
not than might be expected considering the
bit .er lighting. f.
Amlcs that important railroad junction point
ac OF the Germans had made the Allies abandon
the Of its railroad facilities concerned is being used
again This yesterday by the British premier
George luncheon The preer also announced that the Mane
%omme victories had already yielded more than fifty housand
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EARLY REPORTS OF GAINS .s@,
Early yesterday from the British front stated that tho
seemed to be retreang at all points, especially in the
where the British heavily attacking and had captured
Varvrs Vrel Rosere Foes Vauvers north and south
% late NS F1aS pos Ss 1 Ge tS1a capture