The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-08-23
BRITISH TAKE TOWN OF
ALBERT IN THE FIGHTING
From the Vicinity of Lassigny to Sos-
sons Mighty Wedge Has Been
Driven BY the French Between the
Armies Of General Won Boehn and
the Crown Prince.
0Bv the Associated Press.l

lijN Ine Associated G1eSSsJ
The German battle line in France is
lstill crumoling under the impetus of
the ATTACKS OF the British and French.
From the region of Soissons, around
the curve in the front to the vicinity
OF Lassigny the enemy has been Wis
tied with further heavy defeats while
farther north between the Somme
river at Braye, to the south of Arras,
Field Marshal Haig's ben have con-
ltinued their victorious thrusts.
On no sector of the front have the
Germans Deen able to stay their foes,
who have captured a large number Of
additional towns and vantage points,
which, in the further prosecution Of
the offensive re Of the utmost stra-
tegic value Nowhere is the enemy
being permitted to pause for breath.
The armies of Haig, Mangin and Hum
bert are pressing their advantage with
a strength that brooks no denial of
their efforts.
Thousanda Of prisoners, numerous
guns and machine guns and large
stores of war supplies have been adj
ed to the stock already in allied hands
since the tide of battle was turned
against the enemy by the commence
ment of General Fochs offensive on
the Marne, July IS.
To the British alone in the past two
days of fighting have come more thar
5000 prisoners,
In new offensive begun by Haig
from the north of the Somme to Al
bert, an advance of two miles already
has been made over the six mile front
I'm this fighting the town of Albert on
the Ancre. the keystone of the Ger
man defense protecting the Germans
north OF the Somme, has been taken.
Here the British made 400 Germans
prisoners.
The Ancre river to the south Of Al
bert was crossed by the British In
their drive, this forming a serOus men
ace to the enemy around Braye, where
at last reports the Americans were I'm
the battle line, Desperate resistance
has been offered to the further east
ward advanc of the British in the sec
| tor Immediately south of Arras where
the important railroad town of Ba-
paume seems to be the mediate OBJ
iective. Particularly heavy fighting
occurred at Achiet-le- Grand, but al
though the town changed hands num-
erous times the vantage belonged to
the British at last accounts.
Further important penetrations OF
the line had occurred and the British
weer operating well to the east of the
Baupaume- Arras railway.
| Under the further progress of the
French armies from the vicinity OF
1-assieny to scissors. a mighty wedge
seemingly has been driven in between
the armies of General Won Boehm ana
the German crown prince over he
entire front the Germans have oeen
further pushed back, at some points
for distances of from two to three
miles, and in the retrograde movement
the enemy was forced to abandon
large numbers of guns.
Noyon is all but enveluned sld the
mill and wooded country in t,,is vicin-
Iity have been crossed ana the onward
thrust of the French on the eastern
end Of the line from SCISSORS north
ward seems likely to bring about
shortly the oltflanking OF the i'm
lportant town of Laon and the forced
ret ement of the Germars from the
Vcsie northward across the Aisne.
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fnsiye seemingly show. fhat Genera
IFCcli now has the initiative entirel!
in his own hands and tlaS he purpose
Ito Fress his adyantag IS for the It'll