The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-22
European.

European.
The Germans have materially stiff
fened their defense against the Brit
ish, American and French troops ON
the Picardy battle front, but they
have been unable to stem the tide
Of advance against them.
Although the forward push of the
allies has slowed down somewhat, new
ertheless they have made further Inn
portant progress from the north of
the Somme, where the Americans and
British are fighting together, to the
northern bank of the Disc river, where
the French troops are engaging the
enemy.
The Americans and the British are
pressing closely upon Bray-sur-Somme,
aided by tanks and armored cars.
The greatest progress in the recent
past has been made by the French
from the region Immediately south
west and south of Roye to the Disc
river. Here they have driven their
line well across the Royce ompegne
road and at Cambronne have reached
the road leading from Compeigne to
Noyon.
The stiffening of the German de-
tense does not, in the minds of OBJ
servers on the battle front, Indicate
the reatreat of the enemy has ended
It is assumed, rather, that these man
euvers are similar to those carried out
over the Marine front, when strong
rear guards covered the retirement of
the crown princes armies northward.
The number of prisoners taken by
the allies in the COMPREHENSIVE is
placed at thirty thousand, together
with 500 guns.
Over a curving front Of more than
twenty miles the British and French
troops are continuing to sweep back
the Germans eastward across the Pi-
cardy plains from the region north
of the Somme east of Morlancourt to
the eastern bank of the Avre north
west Of Montdidier.
The Franco-British offensive has al
ready captured 1900 prisoners and
between 200 and 800 guns, many of
them of heavy caliber, and innumer-
able machine guns, trench mortars and
kindred small weapons.
On the famous Lys salient, north
west of Labassee and in the region
southwest Of Ypres on the equally fam
GUS battle ground north of KENNEL,
the Germans are reported to be giving
ground.
Premier Lloyd George says he is
not too optimistic. He believes the
determination of the Germanic hordes
will be long and terrible job, but he
has no doubt but that victory will
crown the efforts of the allies.
The French government has lodged
an objection to the appointment of a
Chinese minister to the vatican and
the reception Of a papal nuncio at Pc
kin as being in contravention of the
Tien-Tsin treaty of 1858, which recog-
nizes a1French protectorate over the
Roman Catholics in China.
An idea Of the heavy losses suffered
by the Germans in the fighting in the
Marne pocket is given by German doc
uments in possession Of United States
and French officers and men, and OBJ
tanned in various other ways since the
allied offensive began on July Is. One
regiment lost one-third Of its electives
IN one day. Other units were reduced
by one-half.
The British have been for some time
and are now making extraordinary ef-
forts to concentrate troops on the
western front. Coupled with United
States and French efforts, this gives
promise of such overwhelming forces
n the battle next year that compar-
atively short and bitter fight may see
he issue decided and the German ar
MES driven beyond the Rhine, If not
destroyed in the field.
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