Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-08-31
HA|G At FORMER
H|NDENBURG LINE
British Start Drive Along
Scarpe.
FRENCH AEE NEAR ROVE
General Mangin's Army Smashes
Prussian Guards Thrown In To
Reduce Menace To German
Positions.

| London.-Whiie the Germans were
| busily engaged in defending the,a-
selves against the attacks OF the Brit
| ish. and French armies from the Ancre
River to the region Of scissors. Field
Marshal Haig struck another surprise
blow over a new front north Of the
old battle zone. The new offensive
was launched from the east of Arras
on the Scarpe River and scut!lwa.d
to the Cojeul. All along the front
the British pressed forward at some
places to a depth Of more than two
miles and captured a half dozen o.:
more villages. among them .loncny-
la-Preux, Guemppe and Wanccurt.
Across the Cojeul the new British
attacks on the cid battlefront brought
t..om to the village OF Merry and s..
Leger, and farther south the sm:,!
town of Favreuil. one and half r.i.c.'
northeast of Bapaume, from which
the British pressed on eastward a5ou,
a mile. Farther south the British a!'i,
reported unofficially to have reached!
the western outskirts OF Thilioy il. tie
nipper movement they are carrying
OFT against BapauI.e. With Iia:s's
men now standing well within ST..
rancn OF tie town it seems likely th:t
tho Germans will be forced to ev:ei..st@
Ba21ume in short order.
Additional gains also have ben
made ~ the British east Of I
and on both sides Of the So.S.rie Ri"eT.
4. fact. notwithstanding the efforts Of
the Germans, through the use OF lac:,'
rcinloreer,e nts. the British and Frolr-,
AL along the line from Albert to Sol
sons have materially bette.ed the;.'
positions and carried further forward
their plan Of making the Picardy ba,-
tieground untenable for the enemy.
The I'renc! again are hamr.arn.
away at the environs of Roye; one c.
ne strong points of the Soinne-O:se
front. the capture Of which doubtless:
would cause the giving UP by the
enemy Of the entire salient from t."
Scmme, in the north, to Noycn. Fles-
to the north. and 8.
Marti, to the south of Rove, both hay>
been captured by the French. DESPITE
the desperate resistance o. the Cer-
mans, ard Roye, like Baoaurc in tire
rorth, apparently is in danger o. be-
ing pinciled out Of the line in m
movement. More than CD |
prisoners were taken by the French |
In :he operation.
The Germans have thrown further |
heavy counter-attachs against the |
French in the region north Of Sois
cons. where the French continue thei-
pressure northward in rlaneuvers
which seriously threaten to outflank
he hemin-des-Dames and Laon sec
.ors ard to put the entire German
inc from Ypres to Rheims in jeopardy.
All the attacks have been sustained
~ General Mangin's forces and the
french even have pushed back the
Germans beyond the points from
which they started. The famous Prus-
;ian Guard has been thrown into the
" tile to check the French. but. as in
heir efforts against the French and
Americans in the Vesle sector, they
net with defeat.
The operations of the British on the
;orthern part of the front. from the
asst of Arras to the region of Bulle
'ourt, have brought them virtually
.ron Or very near the old Hindenburg
inc.