Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-23
ALLIES TAKE ALBERT

order Between Matt And Disc
Rivers.
London, Aug -. II i. n,--Thc
| Germans are in full retreat between
The Matz and .Aisne rivers OF front
"f lhiriy-ona miles, according to the
Reuter- correspondent at the front.
/ In RS flight the enemy is abandoning
/ much material, The correspondent
( wired.
London. Aug. 23.-Albert. which
formed the center of German rasist-
ance between the Somme and the
. Scarpc, was in the hands of the Erit-
! iSh today.
Fourteen h,ndrcd prisorArs were
taken in Albert, raising the total to
:,rGG captured by the British in two
day.. French troops continued their
progress along the whole front be-
tween E.assiugy and Soissons yestef-
day. The number Of capturci cannon
has been increased by more than 200
since Tuesday.
London, Aug. 23.-The town of Al
bert. Is miles northeast of Amiens.
on the Ancrc river, has been recap
turcd by the British. who also have
obtained all their objectives in the
fighting yesterday between Bray
Sur~Somme and Albert, according to
the official communication from Field
Marshal Haig last night. Over the
six-miIe front the British advanced
two miles.
With the British Armies il France,
Aug. 23.-The British were steadily
driving into the German positions On
the high ground yesterday between
Brav-scr-Sommc and Albert. One
thousand Germans were tl'ien prison.
crS.
A vicious German c0iintcr-attack
directed against the British positions
in the outskirts of Miradm1n. was
driven off.
The British troops yesterday were
still to the west of AChle.-le Grand
but patrols have heen in the towH.
On the ground betweei: the two
nc.nts where the British armies are
f.ammering them and where they are
threatened with being left in pocket
The Germans seem 10 hase started re-
treating.
British troops are holding virtually
all of the Ar"as-A lhert Railroad
and have established their posts we'll
east of that line.
RE British success in the.north en-
abed the tanks to pass beyond the
railroad Some were reported this !,
mor1in. 10 he working rs far east
ward as the Bapaulnc- -Arras road.
In their new attack The British
early yesterday morning apparently !,
hal taken thcjr final obicct'ves on the
r;.,ht and were well inside the enemy
ines
South cf Albert the British crossed .
the Ancrc river tltiS'ing .thenight. Yes
tcr,!av morning the British lines had
,moved forward until they. ran along
in front of the Mcaultc. Albert road.
London. Aug 23.--British forces at
lacked the Germans yesterday morn
inc between the Sommc and the Ancre
rivers. the official statecnmt :ssuedrat
the War Office today announces.
North of The Ancre, the s:ate'n11fen'
saws. the Arras- Bapanmc Railway has
been crossed in spite Of strong enemy
resistance. Between 2,aoO:and 3,OOo
prisoners were captured by the British
il yesterdays operations, The state
mont says.
The French army. under command
6f General ManGin, in its attack on
tbc Disc front yesterday. has reached
Tho line Of the Ailettc river. according
70 reports reaching London. The pos
session by the French Of the whoie
Inc or tbc Aiicttc. according 10 LpE-
don military experts. means t.'"'
Marsha! Foch'a design to drive h.e
yyodrc between General Von Eoehn'S
army and the forces Of the German
Crorc i'r:rce has bee successfully
accomplished. Also tha1..hc Germans
have bcen placed in position OF IN"
utmost difficulty both north ana SCUM
Of the new French salient.
Paris, Aug. 23.--Gcrman troops
were forced back over twenty hnile
front to a depth of from one TO C"o
miles from I.assingy TO the Aliettc
river, according to the Official state
mcDt issued at the War Otilce. French
t.oons maintained contact with the re-
treating enemy between Matz ana
tha Disc and east Of the Olse.