The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-02
French Aided by Scots Ad-
vance From Buzancy to
North of Fere. ,
FOES HOLD MENACED
Belief That Stand Along the
Line of VeSle Now Will
Be Impossible.
BRILLIANT L. S. FIGHTING
b., Ho-l Tnv,,hof with
FOES HOLD MENACED
BRILLIANT L. s. FIGHTING
Hand to Hand Combat With
3 Guard BattaliOns-Enemy
Captives Total 37,9O3.
Speciul Cabls Despdtoh 10 TIE SUs.
Copyright. 1918: all rights reserred.

Copyright. 1918: all rights reserred.
LONDON, Aug. ALLIED troops do
livered another powerful blow against
the German right flank in the Sois-
sons Rheims salient to-day. penetrat-
Ing Two miles on an eleven mile front,
extending from Buzancy, south Of
SoissOns, to the villages of Cramaille
and Cramoselle, which lie north and
west of Fere-en- Tardenois. Six hun
dred prisoners were captured.
This thrust is serious blow b
the Germans. since It means that
allied guns, placed at the points Of
furthest alliel advance. Mll com
mand the railroad which runs from
Fismcs to Bazoches, thence to Missy
the only lateral railroad commu-
nicatlon left to the Germans In the
pocket
Hold on NeNe Threatened.
The new drive also threatens the
German lines along the Crise and
Vesle rivers, between which streams
the enemy has been burning villages
lately, as though preparing to fall
back across the Aisne River.
In this advance. which was made In
the face OF immensely stiffened resist
Gnce. British troops acted in conJunc-
ton with the French. 1t is along this
part o! the front that American troops
have been active lately, and it is very
land in the attack.
Americans were in the thick OF the
:ishting on other parts of the front
however notably around Sergy and
Cisrges. Sergv was already in allied
hands. hat Cierges belonged TO the
Germans until to- dar. when the Amer
leans took it away from them. Fur
ther north and on the other side of the
salient the village Of Romingy, on the
Rheims Dormars road has been cap
tured
New Groun0 GENERALLY High.
4
uo.s to IIar;ennes has been straight
oned az the result Of the latest drive
Tire advantage OF this. to the Allies. is
that it puts them further east OF Sois
sons. with an excellent opportunity to
enc'rcle the town. The ground cap
tured ~ this vicinity is generally high
consisting Of a series OF ridges from
which Allied guns can pound the Crown
Princes harassed troops unmercfully.
Important as are the gains north OF
they do not loom as
large, from strategic point of view. az
the new Allied gains at the extreme
sovtheIN ed OF the pocket. around
Ssrgy. C.erGcs and in Meuniere Wood
The capture OF these places puts the
remaining Germans in V shaped strjp
O. territory into which tho Allied guns
can pour a fire against which long re
ss:ance Is vel nigh inroncevable.
Captivcs Total 37,OO3.
When the Germans escape from this
narrow salient, If they do escape, they
will hnvc abandoned completely their
magnificent scheme 10 sweep over the
Marne and then westward to Paris. Be
cause Of constant reports OF the sinking
spirits at home, caused by the COLLAPSE
OF the Marue offensive. II is regarded a,
certain that tine Germans desired To-
maintain their positions facing the
Marne as long as possible. in order tina
references to the map could be made TO
minimize the Importance of Cen f'och'S
counter attack, and thus to bolster the
political situation back OF The thine.
The French War Once announced TO
night that since July 10. when the last
German offensive was launched, 33,40U
prisoners had been taken, including GA
officers. In July the British also made
4,5o3 Cspt!Vcs
In their advance north Of the MarAt
the Allied troops have come upon a vasr
quantity NJ bridging material abandoned
by the enemy This indicates that the
Germans intended 20 build new bridge
across the river in order to cross rap
idly and in great strength, as a means
Of nsurlng the success OF their drive
on Par.s.