The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-31
BRITISH RETAKE.
MONT KENNEL
FROM The HUNS
Retirement Extends Over Most
of the Salient.
withdrawal Reported To Be
Progressing Rapidly.
GO FARTHER EAST OF ARRAS
British Push Farther Against
Famous "Switch" Line.
Continued Advance in the
NeighborhOOd of PerOnne.
FRENCH AND YAHKS HIT HARD
Huns Unable To Hold Them
East OF the AiIette.
Allies Advance Toward Chauny
and Town of Ham.
FRENCH AND YANKS HIT HARD
Huns Unable To Hold Them
East OF the AiIette.
Allies Advance Toward Chauny
and Town of Ham.

With the British Armies in France,
Aug. 81 Cnoon)-British successes on
the Lys salient sector of the battle
front have caused the Germans to start
a retreat from the neighborhood of
Kennel to opposite Bethune. The
withdrawal is progressing rapidly.
Field Marshal Haig's men today are
attacking near Marrienes wood be-
tween Bapaume and the river Somme
which position is strongly held by the
enemy.
Mont kcmmel Tuken-
tBy the associated 1'ressJ
Mont KENNEL. the height dominat-
ing virtually all the northern side of
the Lys salient in Flanders, is again in
the hands of the British. Dispatches
to London state that this famous hill,
for which the Germans paid terrible
re in April has been captured.
There have been no reports, how
ever, of an attack being made on this
hill and it seems probable that the
Germans retired from it and that the
British quickly moved in There are
evidences that the enemys retreat
from the Lys salient is being accele-
rated the British having taken the sta
ton of .Railleui, we'll as Mt. Lille
TO the east and being in possession of
the hank of the Lave river from
Vielle Chapelle to Letrem on the
vital sectors Of this battle area the
Trifish have gained from one to two
miles during the last day.
Gain Some East Arras.
While there is every evidence that
allied pressure against the German
lines from scissors to Arras con-
tiuueS.' the desperate attempts of the
enemy to cover his retreat seem to
have brought about a virtual pause
for the movent. At only two points
southeast of Arras and northwest and
north of Peronne-have the allies
forces moved ahead.
In the former sector north of the
Arras-Cam5rai road, the British have
occupied the st Servins farm, close
to the highway and have moved into
the village of Eterpigny, to the north
east This village is on the east bank
of the Sensee rt-er and its capture
marks the passage of that small but
important waterway at vital point.
Surrounding Pcronne.
The British official statement says
that the town of Clery, which is
located on the Somme to the north
west of Peronne. has been taken from
the Germans. Advices reaching Lon
don today. however. state that Mont
St Quentin, mile and a half north
Of Peronne, has been captured by the
British This report would seem to
indicate that Peronne is being sur
rounded by the British. Field Marshal
Haig's men having forced their way
across the Somme to the south of
Peronne yesterday. There is hard
fighting going on north of scissors,
American and French troops striving
to capture the high plateau that domi-
mates the Aisne and Ailette valleys and
also endeavoring to force their way
further toward Coucy-Le-Chateau, an
important concentration point between
the Oise and the Ailette. The Ger
mans are fighting hard in this sector.
however and appear to have checked
the allies for the time being.
Fight Hard On Ailette.
Paris Aug. 31.-The battle east of
the Ailette river is proceeding violent
" The enemy is unable to resist the
Franco-American push.
(This is the first intimation thai
American troops are fighting in this
sector The first Americans to enter
the present Picardy drive are engaged
about four miles southward.)
Push Toward Ham.
Paris. Aug. 81 C1O:10 a. M
French troops are reported in the
vicinity of Guiscard. the important
town lying about midway between
Noyon and Ham, They are also ap-
preaching Chauny, the great railway
center ten miles east of Noyon.
North of scissors. French and
American troops are striking both
northward and eastward. They are
edvancing obliquely upon Vregny
-four miles and a half northeast of
Scissors and two miles north of the
Aisne) and a the same time are pro-
: crossing northward along the road
from Terny- -Sorny (four miles and a
half north of Soissons) to Coucy-Le-
Chateau (nine miles north of Sois-
sons).
The bridge head at Champs (four
miles n irthwest of Coucy LIE Chateau)
has been consolidated and the French
ring