Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-15
TRENCHES ARE EMITTED
UNTENABLE IN FACE OF HEAVY FIRE DIRECTED BY BRITISH; UNOFFICIAL REPORTS OF CAP TURF OF LAssIeNY BY FRENCH AND GAINS BY AUSTRALIANS

UNDATED WAR LEAD, (By the As sociated Press) ).-NOrth and south of the SOnlme the Germans have lost fur ther important ground. In the former region they have evacuated their posi- tion over a five mile front to the British north Of Albert, while in the latter they have been beaten back in the hilly and wooded district just north Of the Disc river by the French.
 German front line trenches at Beau mont Hamel, Serre, Mont and BucquOy have been found untenr able by the enemy in the face of the recent activity by the brltlsh along the line from Albert to Arras, while the French have persevered in their violent attacks against the Germans on the sector which dominates the lower portion of the Picardy plain and the Disc valley, and have encroached further upon the Lassigny massif and the Thiescourt plateau and further south have captured the important town of Ribecourt.
 Unofficial reports have announced the capture of Lassigny by the French and of all the German positions be- tween the western outskirts of Bray Sur-Somme and Etinehem by the Aus trians.
 From the SOmme to the Disc. ex- cept in the latter region where the French have made further gains, the Germans seemingly have had further success in holding back the allied troops and still are in possession of Chaulnes and Rove, upon the capture Of which the efforts of the British and French have been eentered. On this central part of the battle front the enemy continues to deliver violent counter attacks and also has further reinforced his line with men and guns and is using them without stint to re- tain his positions. realizing that their capture would spell diseaster
 The giving pp of front line trenches north of Albert may mean the Germans foresee the ultimate success of the American and British operations along the SOmme. In any event the retro. grade movement seemingly indicates that the ten mile salient between Beau mont Hamel and Bray on the So1nme, with Albert its apex, next give way in order that the German front here may come into alignment with that in theAOuth across the Somme. Prob ably the German purpose is to read just their front from the Somme to Arras
 The capture of Ribecourt by the French marks an important epoch in the offensive which has for its i'm mediate purpose the freeing of the re- zion between the Somme and the Disc. As a gain from the strategic stand point it ranks with the taking by the French of the forest and hill posi- tions between the Matz and the Oise, which has brought the Fench almost to the gates of Lassigny. Through Ribecourt lies an open route up the Disc valley to NOyOn-a route by rail and the big national thoroughfare not to mention the canal which parallels the roadways for the greater part of the way. Noyon is only a little more than six nils northeast of Ribecaurt.
 Although they are still encountering violent resistance, the French are con- tinuing to make progress through the wooded and hill country between the Matz and the Disc, where the Germans from recesses in the forests, on spars and in the canyons are using machine guns innumerable. Gas is also being