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ALLIED POSITIONS
STEADILY IMPROVE
GERMANS ARE FORCED BACK IN
NUMEROUS PLACES IN SPITE
OF RESISTANCE
TANKS HOLDING TERRITORY
Gas and Explosive Shells and ArpIans
Bombs Being Showered on Amer
lean and French Armies in
Sector North of vese
TANKS HOLDING TERRITORY
fWar Review for August 17)

Evidently it is not in the plans o.
tie entente allies TO leave the Ger
mans secure in their possession OF
the line they now hold in the region
between the Somme and the Disc. Al
though the front from the south OF
the Somme Pase Chaulnes and run
ming through Roye to Noyon has been
studded with fresh reinforcements and
nnumerable guns, the Germans again
have been forced to give ground and
at points where seemingly their de-
Tense soon must crumple and the re-
treat eastward be resumed.
French and Canadian troops Friday
night between Goyencourt and Lau-
court. on front of about three
miles. had fought their way west of
Roye until they We're virtually knock
ng at the door of the town which is
one of the keys to the positions of the
German defense in Picardy. while TO
he immediate north British troops
were still in possession of DamerN
and Parvillers following heavy Ger
man counter-attacks. West of Roye
the allied line is now only scant
nile and a quarter distant. Adding
materially to the danger of Rove by
lirect assault on the part of French
and Canadians at its western gates
and from thanking maneuver by the
British on the northwest, The French
nave carried out successfully an adj
vance of five miles to the south which
seemingly lays the town open TO a
turning movement from the Loges
wood. which has been penetrated
deeply Not alone. however, is Roye |
menaced by this later advance. but, |
iebauching from the woods south |
southeastward the French are in a |
position to outflank Lassigny, and, |
with the French troops in the Disc |
valley near Ribecourt. also strategy |
cally placed. to begin a rolling up |
process which. if successful, would
the hills. and wooded country
now standing as barrier to the cap
rure of Noyon.
Allied Position Better.
Taken altogether the position of the
allied troops on the Somme-Aisne sail
ant is materially better than it has
been for several days.
The retirement of the Germans on
parts of the northern front continues.
Dut these maneuvers as yet lack def
rite explanation. Following closely
lpon the evacuation of front line posi-
ions north of Albert has come an
,ther voluntary REIMBURSEMENT of {
renches in the Lys sector The viii :
age of Yieux Berquin has been given c
lp and ground over a front of about X
line miles to Il depth of from one To {
wo miles has been coded without e
lighting All the way between La 4
,assee canal and Ypres the Germans y
till are exhibiting signs of nervous u
ess and daily are bombarding the 9
ritish front heavily.
DeIuge Yanks With Shells.
Along the yesle river front the n
ermans are deluging French and =
merican positions with shells, gas p
oiectiles and bombs from airplanes, 4
IT their efforts have gone for naught n
far as causing a REIMBURSEMENT N
territory is concerned. American h
iators are busily engaged in bomb o,
g operations behind the German
les, especially against the bridges
aiding northward across the Aisne ~
yer. American artillery also is pay -
q strict attention to the areas be- :,
nd the line to harass the Germans ts
On the other battle fronts little =,
citing of moment is taking place. as
though the Italians have been forced =,
sustain several counter attacks by he
e Ausrrians in the Tonale region. =,