Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-02
ALLIED OFFENSIVE
MAKES GOOD GAINS
NEAR ARMENTIERES
French and American Troops
Continue Their Progress
North of Scissors.
BRITISH CAPTURE PERoNNE
AND GO NORTH AND EAST
Violent Artillery Duels Between
Petain's Forces and Enemy
on Canal du Nord.
GEN. HAIG's MEN REACH LENS
-al.-
Pershing's Boys Have First Battle
on Belgian Soil, and Cap ~
ture Voormezeele. 51ts
BRITISH CAPTURE PERONNE
AND GO NORTH AND EAST
GEN. HAIG's MEN REACH LENS
fBy Associated Press. ]

All along the western battle front d
the Germans continue to give ground
oetore the entente allies. Daily the
trend or events accentuates the inse-#
curity OF the German lines and the in
ability of the German high command
to hold back the aggressors.
"nere two months ago great salients
projected into the allied front, these
nave either been hattened out or ara
In the process Of being blotted out. ana
IN some instances the allies themselves 4
nave driven In wedges that seriously
menace the enemy. 80
with the Marne and Picardy sectors
now virtually all reclaimed, the wings {
u the present allied offensive are moy-S
ing III a manner that BODIES iii to thap
Iermans. sSa In the north. the wing on
gradually Is bending under voluntarvS
retirements and the pressure of Eield
MarsnaL MAJ ns maig,s forces. Following the
moved further forward, until1it now
rests almost upon the EstairesSLaS:
syess Sassee road, less thanlseyen miles soIthss
iout of this salient, the menace tSyfSssa
enaHnet ports has been Owe come, E, z 9es
CREOY-AU-AIoNT ;CAPrURED s s,sSs
AND AILETrIS CROSSEDf
@ IN the southern wing north of Sois- /.
are continuing their progress, not
withstanding the violent oppositionSn,J
Creey ay uhe nsva villages Of Leury and
ana, crossing the Ailette, a footing hns
,,n Deen gained In the woods west ~
lhe ~ ,ro. eau through which passes
TO Laon. Large numbers of nrisnnarss :
,iaSe been taken In these operations. 20
~ FEom To Arras southward to the Vicinity
lave made further remarkable GO sins
saused both by the extent of the tar. q
ritory delivered from the enemy handss
,her maneuvers >NT ~ tutts
Cereia eronhe. the last important lin
heI,, hhernan hands on the Somme River,has
Save ee naIssa captured by the British, who.
ward with steady strides. inotwit hs,a NJ
chs ths VI me ne resistance of the enemy. Bou-4
ground adjacent to them also are RIFT
ish. and Field Marshal Hays men
ST. a' perren arrived at the outskirts OF the
north other towns have been tokan 70 enc
including Bullecourt. which last weeE
iaassd lena bs hands S, several times in vio.
~ alians were In the forefront of the
dmianeuyers did eaya throughout this region. and
than 1000 pEisoners Wsen cgbnsdeFbas;y bays more
Spy the British. and a few guns also
nave been captured
opefating 1 Tine sogsh ops,s, where the French
the Canal du Nord, there have heass
x.oieht artillery duels. Seven miles
9Uutn S OF ieronne. at Epanancourts the $
french have forced another crossing
aff NE Hns,e canal. and two miles norlheast4
Iara ~ tney nave captured the Wiz
iage Is OF Rouy- -le-Petit- -
Unoincial reports are to the effect
INA. .n.i., the British have reached the OUT;
town north of Arras, anS that conaas.
Gratlons are Visible behind the lines In
sne as neIghborhood of Lens and as far
as an Indication that it is the intention
or er. ihe Germans to retreat in this gan-5
la, region. The German War Once
Saamits the REIMBURSEMENT OF territory5
DeIween Ypres and La Bassee, declarins
~ efat the movement was for the purpose
~, shortening the German line and
knowledge OF the British. 'A'