Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-15
BRITISH REPULSE
COUNTERATTA
AND MAKE GAINS.
Allied Gcneralissimo Pur-
sues Policy of Giving
Enemy No Rest. i
GENERAL PERSHlNG'S FORCES
CLEAN UP ST. MlHIEL SALiENT.
Chief Interest Shifts to French
Assaults Southwest
Of Laon. ,slaI
THREATENS IN-CES-DAMEA
General Petain's Progress Means Re4
ncwal of Drive to Encircle
St. co0ain aIaisif. .4a
GENERAL PERSHING'S FORCES
CLEAN UP ST. MlHIEL SALIENT.
CHENHN-DEs-DAMEA
General Petnin's Progress Means Re.
ncwal of Drive to Encircle
st. Gobain Maisif. SaSt
tBy Associated Press.l

Marshal Foch, pursuing his policy OF
giving the Germans never a minutes
rest, followed up the incisive stroke of
the Americans. which wiped out the
st. Mihicl salient in two days time,
By launching an offensive Saturday
morning on the French front along tho
bend In the line around Laon.
The blow took immediate effect on
the German lines. pushing them back
from one to two miles at points in this
important sector. where 1t is well-nigh
vital for the Germans to hold fast IL
they hope to retain control of any con-
siderable part of northern France dur
ing the coming winter.
up the St. Mhiel salient was being
continued by General Pershing's troops,
who so far are reported to have eff
fected the capture OF more than 10000
Germans as the result OF the clean
cut drive of the American First Army.
There were indications in the reports
from the front that the American sue
cess might have done somewhat more
than struighten cut the line above the
former st. Mihiel bend, for the Germans
were said TO be retiring near Chatll-
ION, along u front five six miles to
the northwest of the former westerly
lip, OF the salient. They were prob
ment of their limo to meet the altered
conditions.
FRENCH MAKING GAINS -''-.rt
Al IMPORTANT POINTS
With the lessening of the tension on
the ST. Mihiel front, interest is cen-
tered at present in the French assault
on the Ailctte-Aisne front. General
retain,s troops here were gaining
ground where every yard was extremes
iy valuable, aS the German positions
along the Aisnc and the Nesle to the
east, east have bee, been under an an increasing
vance on their lett Hank The advance
will not have to bc pressed much fur
thor before a German retreat on wide
front in this sector will be compelled.
BY driving in sharply in his present
move, Marshal Foch PROBABLY intends
TO make untcnable even the Chemrn-
dcs-Damcs, the former German holding
ground north of the Aisne. He mas
made mahked progress already In this
By taking Mont Des Singes south or
the Ailctte. 1t is but snort distance
thence to the AniZy,l'inon line, the
capture or which by fetain last fall
competed the German prince to fan
back from the Chemin -deS- Danes To
the Ailette line to the nortn. P'td!
The French progress likewise re-
presents renewal OF the drive at the
the citadel of l.aon, which that bastion
defends. Moving directly into the mas
SIT further north. abose the Ailette.
the French are reported to be pros
crossing satisfactorily.
FRINCH REPOKrED To
HAVE i,EACEED vA1LLY
Along the Aisnc the ADVANCE mas
taken the F'rcncn some distance FUR
thcr toward the cast ana they were
early reported 10 nave reached Vait-
~. on the north bank OF the Alsne,
pushing the Germans back from the
river as they advanced. e.,,.ss
The British front has neld intact
against Il series ut German assaults
III what appears 10 be mt OF ues-
pcr;,tion over the nroadS made in
The deienscs Of Cumbrai Dy Field Mar
Shal HaiS'S forces in tneIr recent prog
IU.sS. The British successfully beat, on
several such attacks at bdVrincourc
and GouZeaucourt, holding their vaiu-
able positions Oh the hiSh ground in
This sector.