Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-17
NOW
WITHIN GRASP OF
ADVANCING FORCES
Allied troops have again smashed the head on
the Picardy and Flanders fronts On the Picardy
front the British and French are carrying out with

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steady success their triple
enveloping movements
against the German key
positions Of Albert and Lassieny and
the German base at Roye.
North Of the Roye road the British
last night lunged forward making an
other gain, while the French fought
their way through the Loges forest,
south of the city, reaching the east.
ern border
Although the operations of the past
twentytour hours have been on a
minor scale the allies are biting big
chunks out OF the German front in
the Merris-Vieux Berquis sector of the
Flanders front and on the southern
end of the Picardy battle zone.
The allies are only about one mile
from Roye and are pushing onward
despite the desperate resistance OF
the Germans
The greatest German effort to stem
the alied udvance were centered
late yesterday and last night just west
of the Disc river, where the French
are pushing up the Compiegne-N Noyon
railway to get behind the German de-
lenses of Lassigny.
Two powerful German counter as.
saults were made in that region but
the attacking troops were hurled back
and the fresh positions remained abb
soluteiy intact.
The German line bulges in a south
westerly direction in that area and n
the French advance continues much
farther the Germans probably will be
compelled to withdraw Just as they
have been retiring on the Lys sali-
ent and north of Albert.
Take Another Red City.
Washington Aug. denomination
OF the taking of Irkutsk by the Cze.
cho-Slavcs and the Siberians army
was received today by the state de.
partment from the American charge
at Pekin, who reported that communi-
cations had been established with that
city and that the railway line running
between lrkutsk and Samara Is now
open.
Three States Of Austria.
Berne, Aug 17.-The cutting nm Of
the Austria-Hungarian empire into a
confederation Of three states accord.
ing to nationalties, is to be proposed
by Premier Hussaret, of Austria, ac-
cording to Vienna dispatches printed
Ill German newspapers.
These states are to be German.
Hungarian and Czecho.Slay Polish, ac-
cording to information received here.
Decorate 5oosevelt's Son.
With the American Army on the
Alsne-Nesle Front, Aug. 1.-THE
ffehch war cross with palm has been
posthumously conferred upon Lieu.
tenant Quentin Roosevelt, who was
killed in an air fight near Ferre.en-
Iardennols by the French general
commanding that sector of the Marne
front, The decoration will be sent to
Lieut.. Colonel Roosevelt's parents at
Oyster Bay, y. Y.
Moscow Taken From BoIshev,ki.
London Aug. II Moscow is now In
the power of the social revolutionar.
les tine anti-Bosheyiki) said a Stock.
holm dispatch in the Times today.
the situation at Moscow is critt
cal
The soviet government has remov.
ed the Russian national bank from
Moscow
German troops are daily expected.
to reach Petrograd, said the dispatch
/ and occupy part of the railway lead
ing from the capital to the northern
coast.
1t was reported Yesterday that the
| Bolsheyiki at Moscow had fortified
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