Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-01
Allied Arms Victorious in
Flanders, Picardy and
Southeast of Noyon.
ACTIVITIES OF WEEKS
PROVE FOCH'S POWER
Warning Sounded That Enemy Mil
itary Might Still Is Great.
FIERCE FIGHTING LIES AHEAD
Foes of Germany Make Progress in
Russia-Berlin Would Weaken
American Strength.
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.
Allied armies, with the fever of sue
cess burning their veins, with the
: knowledge that at last the military
balance has definitely turned thei1
way, are sweeping through the battle
fields of Pieardy. In Flanders, too,
they are striking forward, wrestling
away many of the most important po-
sitions gained by the Germans earlier
in the year. Along that section of the
battle front stretching from Noyon
southeastward it is but a question of
hours until the terrible pressure of
French and American units will bring
forth results which shall cheer the en-
tire world.
Within a period of two weeks, if
present rate of gain continues, allied
armies will have regained all the
ground won by the enemy during the
present year in offensives which we're
to have eliminated in the fall of Paris
and the seizure of channel ports, and
possibly much more.
The Germans will have nothing for
their years endeavors but black mem
cries of vainglorious hopes, the vision
of tens of thousands of cold, gray-clad
bodies on fields REDEEMED by their own
blood; visions of more than $4,000 of
their men in Allied prison camps, and
countless thousands lying on beds of
%losr Al -
the rear. So much for the idle dreams
Of perfervid Teutonie Imagination.
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The pressure which has been
brought against the Germans has
been irresist-
Allied Pressure ible during
Proves Irresistible uae,, ~
British on both banks of the Somme
moved forward with determination
which brooked no delays. They gain
ell steadily. 1t is very probable that
their rapid strides in the direction
Of Peronne were much facilitated by
efforts farther northward on the
Scarpe. where Canadian advances in
the face of tremendous enemy resist
aace. threatened the German posi-
lions to the south.
Tine British in the Scarpe region not
only penetrated the uindenburg line
ut two points. but pressed beyond lit.
reaching the Drocourt -Queant or
"Wotan" switch line. established by
Hiudenburg in his retreat from the
Sonlme in 1916. The British forces at
some points in this region are fight
ing on territory not fought over
since 1914. and there is every indica-
tion. that now that the impetus rests
with them they will advance as far
as it is feasible, at least as far as
present allied tactical plans will per-
nit.
Douai, center of rich mining region,
is coming within reach of the British.
and should the present drive in this
section be continued. it is possible to
wrest this section from the enemy,
thereby depriving them from an ad-
mitted source of mineral stores high
ly essential in the prosecution of the
war.
The armies peratirfg below the
Scarpe in the general direction of
Noyon have delivered telling blows.
The British viii capture Peronne
question of few days until the Ger
mans will be forced to fall back on
their old line before ST. Quentin. LIE
Fere and Laon. South of the Somme,
where the British and French lines
join, there has been no let-up in the
fighting. The French swept forward,
captured Roye and are within strik-
ing distance of Ham. the last large
center of communications left to the
Germans in the territory gained by
them during the present year. The
French advanced as far as Canal du
Nord and there rested for period.
but latest advices indicate that if the
sive line of the canal, they have been
frustrated. the French having crossed
over at some points.
The French further south ap-
preached Noyon from three sides in a
\ series of brilliant actions. finally cap
turing the town and then extending
their line over the Disc and Athletic.
Here. if French successes continue,
the German lines along the Aisne and
Eesle must be withdrawn to the line
from which they launched their eff
forts early in the year.
Not only have the operations of the
past week graphically demonstrated
the striking power of the allies, but
they also have made it plain to the
Germans that their counter attacks.
under present circumstances, can re-
suit in nothing but futile endeavor
and CHASTITY casualties. In the
Scarpe region. between the Disc and
the Aisne, and in the regions about
Bapaume and Roye. the Germans de-
uvered several sharp attacks against
allied positions, with the hope of
frustrating continued allied gains,
but these were broken up.
The chief German resistance came
IN the region to the north of scissors,
In the Oise-Aisne- Athletic river re-
gions. where efforts were made by
German heavy concentrations, not
only to drive the allies backward, but
prevent progress of any sort which
would extremely menace the German
plans of orderly withdrawal from the
pocket in the direction of Noyon. The
Germans were unable to gain; neither
were they able to prevent steady
French and American progress.
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There are faint hearts in all lands
There are those who are ready to quit
whom the
Germans Wabble tides flow
ag a i n t