Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-30
GERMAN LINES cRUmeLING
French and British Carrying All Be-
fore Them.

French and British Carrying All Be-
fore Them.
The Germans facing the Allied forces
from Arras to Scissors everywhere are
in dire peril.
On almost every sector OF the pat
IN. front the enemy line continues lo
rrumble before the Allied attack, not
withstanding the violence. born OF oes-
naration. of the counter offensive tac-
tics. ,,Y,,onh,re line
now is well outflanked: from tne
Scorpe to the Somme the hostiie hle
i, GRADUALLY falling back. whlle iroI'l
tho south of the Somme to so ssons
Tho enemy front has literally oeen
smo shed and the German hosts apptr-
ontIv are caught in two distinct traps'
sscopc from which without heavy loss,
cs in men made prisoner and guns anu
material captured, seems almost iii
possible OF achievement.
scores Of additional towns nave oeeI
n injured by the British, French anu
American troops the Americans nay
ing entered the fray with the rrsn
.nr,huost NJ Soissons, while all OF the
oId German salients in the Allied lines
now have been fiattened out ana the
Allies tn, mSclvcS have aug uc'r'' INV
TN" cnrmy'S terrain.
The first trap in which the enemy
finds himself is the triangle formea oy
tbo sharp curve of the Somme river
with Peronne its apex and with Curlu
nm the Somme and FreSnes respective
Iv its northern and southern pases
This triangle is little more than three
miles deep and six miles wide, ana III
II the Germans are fighting with lneir
hacks toward the Somme on bosh tne
north and east. eorod
Desperate resistance is being oHereo
nv the enemy in order that ms riei,
NAV have time to reach a maven VI
so fcty across the stream, but the Brit,
ish are hard after their quarry anu
with the French almost up to the river
IN aid them by an outfianking move
ment, 1t would seem that the odds are
heavily against the Germans
1t was the French troops wnS M
sprang the other trap. with the .ai
% Sboulnes the French forces routed
the enemy over front Of about IL
miles and penetrated the region to 9
donth mt some points Of nearly seven
miles. From the north Of Chaulnes te
Nesle the penetration OF the Frencr
reached the heights on the lett nahN
AZ the Sonime: Sputhward theeadVance
|fef the French along the Canal Du-
nord at various points between Nesis
and the outskirts of Noyon, soutn aho
southeast of Noyon gains also were
made and Noyon and the entire re-
eion between Nesle and SCISSORS no"
are in q great pocket and with tne
French pincers working hard TO cioss
1t up. ,.,., .h.
French northwest Of scissors IN tne
oneration which has in view the plot.
ting out of the Noyon sector and tne
outflanking Of the Aisne and the oio
Chrmin- Des- DANES positions. ON,
ciaI reports have the Americans aho
French lighting violently with the enc
INV around Juvigny and ChaVigny
where they have gained some grouno
The Americans have successfully sus'
tanned several enemy counter-attacks
in this region.
The Americans and the Germans also
are engaged in bitter battle around ba'
zoches and Fismette on the Vesle.
The Germans endeavored to ford tne
Ecsle south of BaZoChes, but were helo
by the Americans. Likewise an enen!
assnult against Fismette was stopped
The German official communication
asserts that the Americans have suner-
ed s,vere losses and lost more tnar
ESQ prisoners in the battle aions the
VeSle