Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-17
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Paris, Aug. 17.-The Germans are
preparing to evacuate the Roye-Las-
signy-Noyon salient, says the Echo
De Paris. Ii is indicated, the paper
adds, that German pioneers and lab
bcIera are at work behind the Ger
mt front Ines on a new Hinden-
hui ig line.
The German position in Roye is
serious Not only are the allies
mile anj ol e-quarter west of the
town but tce roads leading out Of 1t
towt rd pcronne, Nesle and Noyon
ale under the fire of allied guns.
London, Aug. 17.--In Picardy Brit
ISL troops have made additional pro-
gress, says Field Marshal Haig in
his official statement to-day. The
British lines have been pushed east
ward north Ct the Amiens-Roye road,
and north of the Ancre.
British :,cops have gained more
ground in the neighborhood of NieuH
Bel quin, at the apex of the Lys sa-
iient. say. the official statement from
Field Marshal Haig to-day.
Paris. AUG. 17.-In the region
south of uoye French troops have
made more progress in the Loges
wood ant have reached the outskirts
of the wood on the east says the
War Office statement to-day
There was heavy artillery hghtms
west of Rove during the night
Northwest of Ribecourt the French
have repuIsed two strong German
attacks. g.
Rove. the central bastian of tht
German defense line from PeronH,
! to Noyon. which has Withstood aiile'
| thrusts for nearly week, is men
aced seriously by advancing French
| british and Canadian troops and It's
| fall would appear to be propapll'''
of the next few hours.
With the town in allied hands the
| southern end of the German line a.
least undoubtedly would have to re,
! tire. although the northern enc
| through Chaulnes to Peronne alse
would be affected. The allies now are
| but a scant one and one-quartel
miles west of the town, Whlle thes
| ire pressing eastward in the nortf
| and in the south.
! Win on 9-MiIe Front
| Along a front of nearly nine miles
| north and south of the Avre, whlcf
flows through Roye. the allies nave
| pushed back the enemy in stupporf
| lighting. The most notable advance
was made on a front of three miles
in the center by French ana cana
| dian troops who are now hghtlns OF
a line through Goyencourt, ST. Maro
les-Triot and Laucourt. st. Mard II
west of Roye and they are no villages
! in the intervening mile and quar-
| ter.
| forced their way almost through th'
| Loges wood which borders the Roye
| Lassigny road on the west. The woot
Is five miles directly south. of Roy
+, and it would appear that a furthe
| advance might enable the French u
outflank both Roye and Lassisny ant
/ force the Germans to readjust thei
lines eastward toward Noyon ant
| probably beyond. North of Goyen
court British forces, after having re
| pulsed an enemy attack on Damer!
! in which ESQ prisoners were captur
| ed, are pushing eastward will
| FTenCn lOWdtu 'sAi>
| Fresnoy- Les Roye.
Berlin Says Little
| Artillery activity continues on tn
remaining sectors of the main oatti'
| front between the Ancre and th'
Disc. The British on the northern
| end and the French on the southern
maintain their newly gained position
and the enemy has shown no d1spo
| sition to attack.
/ Berlin reports officially that alliet
| attacks on both sides of the Avre OF
Friday failed. The German war of
flee has nothing further to say of th'
Withdrawals in the Lys salient ant
| along the Ancre. Admission of th'
| loss of Attiche farm. southwest o
Noyon, to the French is made, but 1
is said six French attacks agains
| Lassigny on Thursday were repulsed
| American and French troops alont
| the Vesle have undergone an attach
| in which the Germans used gas. ar
| tillery and bombing aviators. This
| attack followed an incursion b,
| American aviators who heavily
| bombed German bridges over the
| Aisne and discovered enemy artillery
and machine gun nests. Three Ger.
man airplanes were brought down BY
American airmen Thursday. British
| and French airmen on the same day
| put thirty-two enemy machines out oi
action, while Berlin reports the de-
struction of twenty-four allied air.
| planes.
Italy. Stands Firm
Italian troops in the Tonale re-
gion, northwest of Lake Garda, and
along the southern Piave have with
stood Austrian attacks against their
new positions on these sectors. Other
wise the situation is unchanged in
Northern Italy.
Spain, which recently sent another
note to Germany protesting against
the destruction of Spanish merchant
men by submarines, is reported to
have notified Berlin that hereafter
the Spanish government will make
up losses sustained through U-boats
| by seizing German shipping in Span
ish harbors. German vessels to the
number of ninety have found refuge
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