The sun., 1918-08-12
FOURTH BATTLE
TIDE SWEEPING
FOE BACKWARD
Allies, Twice Almost Over
whelmcd; Expect Now to
See France Cleared.
IMPETUS Is IRRESISTIBLE
Gigantic. Events in Series Now
Sending the Enemy Back
to Frontier.
IMPETUS Is IRRESISTIBLE
by GERALD CAMPBELL.
Special Catie Dssrafch 10 THE srS from ne
London Times.

Special Catie B,.ratch 10 The srS from ne
London Times.
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Once more the weeks end brings us TO n
series OF tremendous events so gigantic
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working up hill.
This time II Is not too much TO believe
the spring food of our hopes will sweep
the enemy hacs to hi, prone- front,er
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shst Focn ana .ne hrluSh renerae
working with MIN Keep after the enemy,
giving him no breathing spell We need
talk no more OF counter offensives, for
the initiative Is now in our hands.
Offensive Growing Fast.
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10 soon after II began, Generals Mangin.
Degoutte and ,Bertholet sent the enemy
flying noTthward from the Marne to
the Aisne. That frshed their work for
the nresent Then II VA, the turn o.,
tho n-,,,sb ard Ers,cb ARMIES he,vesn
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ter Montdidier VINO knows wnat next
When Field Marshal Haig struck his
big blow the French at fnst played a
secondary mart. That IL no longer true.
rven IN IN. cr., day Of thu attack
Cen Debeney's attack was extended
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sweeping toward Lihons north of the
Amiens-Roys road. Debeney. having
waited until his left wing occupied
f1dTktSt anu tnt pldNcdu Vi "HiNi II 10
the centre was marching in the direc-
tion Of Roye. by which manruvre ne
outfanked the greater part OF Mont
dldier. Twelve hours later. at dawn
Saturday. Debeney struck from the
north and took Faverolles two miles
due east OF Montdidier. which by that
time was practically enc!rcled and Its
deliverance certain.
But Marshal Foch had another pickle
for Won Hutier. At the time Debeney
was pushing down from the north he
launched Gen Humberts army. which
covered the sector TO Debeney's right,
and the enemy was forced to retire from
the southern part OF the sal,ent, Hum
bert extended his original front OF eight
miles until II reached from Courcelles
to Antheuil. two miles south OF the
River Maz and the nearest point toward
Paris reached by the Germans In their
offensive.
From the beginning he drove the Ger
mans before him In the same Irresistible
fashion as Debeney and Haig, his ad-
vance converging like theirs. on Roye.
rhs "erans IN rocket.
On his right he crossed the Matz and
reached Elincourt. Yesterday evening
at O'Clock he again crossed the Matz
further south. at Ressons, and pushed
north along the valley toward Roye- sur
Matz, then turned westward to toin
hands with Debeney. about six miles
from where he had started
The German troops holding ThIescourt
Massif can hardly do more than tight
a delaying action unless they prefer to
run the grave risk Of having their re-
treat on the other side OF the Roye-
Soyon road cut off.
That is general account OF what
happened in the last three DAYS Yes