Weekly journal-miner., 1918-08-28
TOWNS SURROUNDING bAPAUME ARE CAPTURED AND ITS FALL |S NOW
 ONLY 4 MATTER OF A FEW HOURS

ines again raidcd Conflans on Sun day, 40 bombs striking the railroad yards. German planes followed the Americans back, but did not engage in battle. Austrian troops have been identified as being opposite the posi- tions of the American unit.
 French Line Holds.
 WITH THE FRENCH. ARMY ON THE OISE, Aug. %. - The French still stoutly hold the positions won ;n this sector, while further gains in the direction of Chenin- -Des- Danes nave put the enemy in anoth- CT dangerous pocket The French are at Juvigny, within four miles of the railroad running towards Laon. and also within seven miles of the high road in the same direction. The first division of Prussian guards brought up gained no success.
 Hun Counters Smashed
 WITH THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE OISE FRONT. Aug. 26.-i Violent counters launched by the Germans between Ailcme and Juyi- i gny north of Soissons were complete I ly smashed Gen. Mangin is still men acing the German line of communi- !, cation between the Aisne and Sois- 1 sons.
 Mannheim is Hit.
 LONDON. Aug. %. - Chemical factories at the Mannheim railway station at Frankfort were successfully attacked on Sunday by a British in-l dependent air force. It is reported l that all British machines returned sefely.
 Successful Allied Raid
 LONDON, Aug. 26.-The British independent air force on the west front lost seven airplanes in bomb . ing Mannheim on Thursday and the frank report of this loss has caught the public imagination here. The out standing feature here was the deter imitation Of the British squadron. The Germans were largely superior in numbers. Papers point out that the | bombing was well worth the risk as {. Mannheim is the center of the great !; chemical industry The raid is be- lieved to have done damage sufficient to compel the German armies for a ! time 10 do without their supplies of war chemicals.
 French Statement
 PARIS. Aug. 20. - (OfficiaD - French forces on the Avre have cap tured Fresnoy-Les-Roye and have taken more than GOO prisoners.
 Capture Two Towns.
 LONDON. Aug. 26.-The Canad- ians in their new offensive southeast of Arras captured Wancccourt and 
 Hard Up For Ammunition.
 AMERICAN ARMY ON THE z VESLE, Aug. 20. - Several German dumps were blown up to- day north of the Vesle river. The usual artillery exchange continued
 Indications of the lengths to which the Germans are going to get war material are contained in a letter talk l. cn from a dead soldier. It Was writ ten by his wife and informed hir; that the great bronze statue of Elm peror William at Limeburg Pomeria was torn down and sent to the found " to be converted into ordnance, also the floors of churches
 Battlefront Widening.
 WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN i FRANCE. Aug. 26.-With the battle front widening by surprise attacks north so now it extends all the way to the river Scarpc the British again make steady progress eastward. En- cmy resistance has taken the form of ( rear guard actions. There are ru- mors that counter-attacks have been [ developed to gain time. The main | essential roads have been broken or'. under fire. adopted provides that men under 2I shall not be denied commissions or entrance to officers training camps because of their youth. The amendment proposing free education of not more than two years