The sun., 1918-08-08
Nearly All North Bank Of
the Vesle Now i'm the
Hands of the Allies.
GUNS REACH THE RIVER
Haig's Gains Between the
Lave and the Clarence of
Great Significance.
HARD FIGHTING IN SOUTH
Enemy Resists Vigorously, but
Cannot Hold Against the
Poilus and Yankees.
GUNS REACH THE RIVER
HARD FIGHTING IN SOUTH

LONDON, Aug. THE allied armies
continued their advance to-day, the
French, British and American troops
making three distinct penetrations into
the enemy lines. In the Scissors.
Rheims sector the Allies crossed the
Vesle River in force, almost the whole
of the north bank of that river now
being in allied hands. In the Mont
didter sector the French and British
pressed forward slightly and between
the Clarence and Lave rivers the Brit
ish advanced a thousand yards on q
five mile front
On the Vesle River. east of the town
Of Braisne, the French and American
troops crossed the river in the face of
the stiffest resistance yet offered by
the Germans and held all the ground
they gained. North of Rheims the
French pushed into the enemy's lines
more than 400 yards
All Counter Attacks Fail.
Enemy counter attacks at several
points between Rheims and Scissors
were repulsed, the Germans falling to
gain a foothold at any point These
attacks failed in spite of heavy artii.
lery fire poured into the advancing al
lied forces from the heights north Of
the Vesle. Near the junction of the
Aisne and Vesle rivers the French cap
tured the town OF CRY -Salsogne after
hard fighting.
South and southeast OF Montdide- the
Franco British troops pushed forward
Into the enemy lines making an ad.
vance OF several hundred yards. This
Is the meeting place of the German
armies under Crown Prince Rupprecht
ana those under the German Crown
Prince The German positions in this
sector are strongly he'd, and the fact
that the Allies were able to make an
ADVANCE in the face OF this strength
IS considered a. good augury for the
future. The allied commanders feel
lhat the Germans would not give vay
an inch at this point IL they could pos
siply help II, and the fact that they
yielded is proof positive that their
movements re not subject to their own
will. but rather in accordance with ~,
designs of Gen Foch.
Great Gain In Flanders.
In the Flanders sector the British de-
livered the hardest blow of the dav.
Field Marshal HaiG's men, following
their advance of yesterday, attacked u
force between the Clarence and Lave
rivers on line running from Hobec,
to the nelghborhood OF LOGON. This adj.
vance carried the attackers almost q
mile INTO the enemy positions, and n,
the advance extended over a five mia
front II is apparent that Haig is ke.,,-
ing the Bavarian Crown Prince on ths
jump.
Gen Haig. it is believed is determined
to remove the enemy from favorable
positions which for several months have
projected into his lines.
The apparent ease with wLic, III.
British have made their recent advances
coupled with the futllity OF co,r,a,
thrusts from the enemy. leads to .he can.
c'usion that Crown Prince Ruppreoh,
was weakened to an extent hardly an.
ticipated by the Allies when his divisions
were diverted east to help the hourde..
ing helr 10 the German throne out II
his difficulties.
Artillery Reaches the River.
Now that the French and American
troops are across the Vesle in force ard
adding TO their numbers hourly, 1t would
not cause surprise should the retrograd.
movement Of the Germans in this sec,o,
take on a sudden acceieratlon. From
the French officiaI statement II is cl.a,
that allied artillery is in position souta
OF the river, and 1t is not doubted thai
Marshal Foch will move his guns acr,s,
the stream as soon as he considers il
safe TO do so, When that happens
German retreat to the Aisne and beyond
undoubtedly will feature the despatche,
from the front.
Gains Made North of Rheim..
The territorial gain by the French i.
the triangle north OF Rheims is OF great
strategic value, since the French gun,
now will dominate the railway line owe,
which the Germans have been carryiu,
supplies from the northeast toward Laon
This road has been used ever since TN,
retreat started for removing men and
supplies,
In the official statement from Berl,r
the assertion is made that zoo prisoner,
were captured from the British in fight
Ing north OF the Somme. The stat.
ment also said that British attacks alons
the Braye-Corbie road broke down Al
usual. the German official statement add
that "all attacks by the enemy on al
parts of the front broke down wiu
heavy losses
The Associated Press correspondent il
describing the hghting on the Britisi
front in Flanders says that after rs
naming In the trenches they formeri
occupied astride the Braye- -Corble road
southwest Of Morlancourt. the Germarl