Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-20
Fresh Attack Successful
Between Oise and
Aisne River.
FORWARD PUSH ON
TEN MILE FRONT !
'isrman Lines in Vicinity Of Scissors
Endangered and Ludendorff May 30
Compelled to Withdraw to chsmin
dss. Damss-eritish Also Make Pro-
sress But Gains Arc smaIler-Roye
and Lassinany Still Hold.
Thy the Associated Press. !

man lines from Soissons northward
TO the Somms and the Flanders
sector continues. just northwest Of
soissons the French have occupied
the village Of vassens, which 10 on
the eastward bank Of q email
strsam which flows into ths o;ss
river at Morsain, . town to the
SOUTHEAST which was captured by
.he French yesterday.
Farther north in the mountainous
region between Lassigny and prss.
tincourt. reciprocal artillery fire is>
reported. Il was ia this rsojon
that the Frsnoh dsbouehsd from
Thisscourt forest yesterday and
also captured the village Of Pimprex
on the Disc above Ribseourt.
Frsnch successes on twenty
mile front east and west Of the Disc
are becoming . serious menace 70
the oersnaA line from ths Somms
% Rhsimsl West Of the Disc, Rove
and Lassisny appear to 30 doomed.
The eritish are at The gates OF
11xe, while the French have
reached the wsstern outskirts Of
snlsiony. &
10 fail ofsthsss towns would i'm !.
oeftl the snsmy positions at Noyon,
(which also 10 being threaten in
eraAslnoly by the sErsnoh AdvancSss
oyer the high ground between the
Aisns and the oiss southeast Of
Noyon. s.
in the old Pieardy battlefield the
Germans have been launching ~
psated counter attacks against the
. British line in the region southeast
OF Chilly, which is north Of -Roys.
These assaults were repulssd by
the British.
British troops are reported to
havs reached the railroad station
"a the western suburbs Of Roys.
The French have driven the wedue
bet~esn Roys and Lassiuny TO
Frssnisrss, outing the main hiah-
way between the towns.
In addition 10 being threatensd
from the west soissons Is beng APP
proached from the south by Gem
sral Humbert's troops which de-
bouehsd from Thieseourt wood.
Along the Western bank Of the
Disc and south of Noyon the French
have taken Pimprex and reached
Dreslincourt 20 the northwest.
East Of the rivsf toward Sois.on.
General Mansin has captured moro
high ground and has taken Morsain
and has brought his total of pris.
onsrs 70 2,200. In this operation
the French not only menace the,
security OF Noyon but relieve the
pressure a9ainst Scissors. From
the heights around Morsain they
can bombard tho German battery
positions north Of scissors, which,
have harassed tho allied occupants
Of that city.
Around Noyon tho terrain is diff
cult because Of tho woods and hills
and German resistance may con-
tinuo stubborn. There has been
only slight activity along tho VesIe,
tho French and Americans having
enlarged their holdings north Of the
river by slight advances at several
points.
There has been no change in
the Gernaan tactics between the
Anere and the Oise,.,xhich miaht
have been expected from the ap-
Pointment Of General Won eoehn
to supreme command in that
ARIA. Berlin says that Monday
allied thrusts wsst Of chauInes
and north Of Roye failed, while
the French were .rspIussd in vis-
orous battle between the Disc
and the Aisns.
London reports checking Of Ger
man efforts between HerieviIIe and
Lihons, west Nof chauInes. In tho
operations around MerviIIs the /,
British have taken moro prisoners
in addition TO the 675 captured in
the sueesssfuI stormina of tho
outtersteen ridge.
The British forward movement.
in the Lys salient are not yet very
threatening to the strong German
positions on tho hills north and
northwest of Armentieres, but If
they can bs continued eastward
the high ground from Mont kem.
mel eastward will be outfianked.
Noyon 10 fast beeorins the CEN
trail point Of salient such as that
which centered around Montdidier
at the beginning of tho Pieardy
offensive. The stability Of the pres
mt German limo from the Somme
20 Rheims depends greatly upon
the holding ef the Noyon salient,
whose western outposts are Reye
and lassigny.
II Marshal Foeh can succeed in
pinehins off Noyon and advanc-- :.
.Ins northward he virtually will
n1npsl the Germans to retire from