The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-13
ALLIED ARMIES
 CONTINUE THEIR
 FORWARD MARCH Important Gains of Ground Made During Monday. Prisoners Now Number
 Forty Thousand
Rx Assoeiated Press

Although the Germans are employing fresh forces of re- serves in efforts to hold back the allied troops who are pressing them from the region of the Somme to the Disc, American, British and French armies continue to make prog ress. Monday witnessed gains of ground at various points along the battle front of high importance for the further prosecution of the endeavors of the allies to drive out the Germans from the old Amiens- Montdidier sector.
 After an extremely bitter contest. the Americans and British have gained a. foothold in the important little town of Bray-Sur- -Somme, on the northern bank
 
 the river to the south the British have taken Prohart, and midway of the line have pressed on the east of Fouescourt in a maneuver which has resulted in the further outflanking of Chaulnes from the south and Rove from the north.
 On their part the French in the rolling country immediately north of the Ope river have captured Gury. position of great vaiue, lying southwest of Las signy and at several other points south ward to the region of the Disc have ad vanced their line further toward Noyon.
 In Mondays fighting hundreds of ad- ditional Germans were made prisoner and the enemy also lost heavily in men killed or wounded. Unofficial reports give the number of Germans captured during the present offensive as Tn the neighborhood of 40.0O0.
 The Germans at last accounts were still throwing endorsements to the east of the road running through Chaulnes Rove and Noyon, the passage of which by the allies would seriously menace all the German forces inside the pocket formed by the Somme on the north and east and the Disc on the south. Not alone are the allies endeavoring to press their advantage by frontal attacks. but they have drawn up to their back lines guns of medium and heavy calibres, and with these they are heavily smelling the areas held by the Germans, even sas far back as Bethencourt, which lies on the So,nme seven and 8 half miles east of Chaulnes. Meantime allied airplancs continue to bomb German positions and to use machine guns from low attitudes on troop formations.
 Seemingly the advances by the French on tho southern part of the line cannot but have an extremely important effect on the present battle. The hill positions they have gained not alone dominate the Oise valley running northeastwaru to Noyon, but around Lassigny also give them a sweep of the plains south or Rove. ss NfN Aside from the Amiens- -Montdidier sec tor little fighting has taken place on any of the fronts. Along the Vesle the Germans again have delivered violent counter attacks against the Americans and French. who are holding ground on the north bank of the stream. As on previous occasions when the enemy at- tempted to dislodge the allied troops the counter attacks failed.
 British aircraft have brought down a German airship off the coast of Holland, according to an announcement by the British admiralty. An unofficial report. announces Zeppelin of the largest and newest type has been brought down off the English east coast