Arizona republican., 1918-08-14
However, it Does Not Pre- vent French from Win
 ming Points of Value in the Ois e-Matz Region
(By The Associated Press)

The strength of the German opposi- ton from immediately north of the somme river to the river just below Rove apparently has checked the east ward march of the allied troops.
 German resistance has not prevented the French on the extreme southern end of the line from winning additional points of great strategic value in the hill and forest region between the Disc and the Matz, where Lassigny and Noyon are the ultimate objectives. The capture of these places would result probably in the forced evacua- tion by the Germans of the Noyon, Rove. Chahlnes line and would have T ming southeastward past Soissons and thence along the Nesle river.
 Allies Better Their Stands l The battle line in the north and on the center remains virtually as it stood Monday, although all the allied troops have bettered their stands slightly and taken additional prisoners The Americans and French at last accounts still were in the environs of Bray, north of the river, while south of the river the Germans continued in pos session of Chaulnes and Rove, which seemingly they intend to defend at all hazards.
 Fresh endorsements and large numbers of guns have been brought up by the enemy to aid in his endeavors to hold the line. which is essential to the safety of the German armies now in the pocket described by the Somme on the north and east and the Disc on the south.
 Enemy Counter Attacks Violent
 The Germans are not merely on the defensive. At salient points here and there they are delivering violent coun ter attacks against the allies and arc also bombarding fiercely% the real areas.
 Notwithstanding the enemy's efforts Chaulnes is receiving a mighty visita tion of shells from the allied guns and Rove has been so enroached upor that 1t is now under a heavy cross fir, from both the north and south seem ingly both towns ultimately must b, evacuated
 An added danger to Rove is the fac that the French are knocking at tn, door of Lassigny. about seven mile. 10 the south and also are pressing for ward eastward toward Noyon in wedge driving maneuver which not on ly is outflanking Rove but bringinj Noyon daily nearer the range of th big guns.
 German Line May Give Way
 Unofficial reports say the Germans fearing capture in the pocket betwee Rove and the Disc, already are re treating along the Disc valley towar Noyon and if the statements shoul prove true 1t is not unlikely that tn entire German battle line to the mort will give way in unison and that eve there may be a readjustment, of tn enemy front from Sossons to Reims.
 Far to the north from Ypres to Al bert there has been considerable ac tlvity on the part of the British an French forces against the German: The latest German communication as serts that all the attacks were re pulsed.
 Fismette Village Re- occupied
 On the Vesle river the Germans i attacks against Fismette. which i held by the Americans and French. ar said to have driven the allies to tn southern bank of the river. A counte attack resulted in the reoccupation ( the villega.
 The Czecho- Slovaks in Russia. WI are opposing the Bolshevik elemen have been formally recognized b Great Britain as an allied nation an their armies as an allied force wagin war against the Teutonic allies.