Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
.LONG-RANGE GUNS;
. BOMbARD SALIENT
FROM END TO END
Progress of Allied Offensive
in Albania Slows -,
Down. -, Tss
CROWN PRINCE TRYING
TO EXTRICATE ARMIES
Enemy Artillery Activity Report
ed on Northern Part Of
British Front. ,.s%IFh
.st-S
FRANCO-AAIERICANs NEAR FERE
Soissons-Rhcims Triangle Converted
Into Quadrangle by Successful
Advance Of Allies m
FRANCo-ANrERICANs NEAR FERh
Soissons-Rhcims Triangle Converted
Into Quadrangle by Successful Y
Advance Of Allies. !, mi
rBy Associated Press. 7

iHe IeTHanS are In retreat 610n& j,
tho entire front north of the Marnx
This part of the front in the Aisns-
Marne salient Is about twenty miles
| across and the advance of the French
and allied troops on the arc constr.
tuting the bottom OF the sack naa
| averaged between two and three miles
beyond the line officially reportedAx
day or two ago. .gs5&
This means that the German Crown
Prince and his generals are ext7icat.
ing their troops from dangerous posi-
tions as best they may. Reports from
French headquarters have indicated
that the Germans were carrying Sa1fr
extensive preparations for the evaSu-
alton of the territory between the
AIarnc and the Ourcq and 1t Is un-
doubted that the allies will end~avof
with all their resources to drive In
on the enemy tanks.
| Bruycres, which lies a little more
than three miles to the northeast of
Armentieres, is at one end of the new
allied positions. and Chaumuzy, south,
west OF Rheims wood. lies at the othsr.
| Here the new line united with the old,
ALLIED ADVANCE NOW OVER rEEss
| MILES FROM CHATEAU-THucRRY
| Chateau Thierry which was once
pivot point OF the German advance
in the recent offensive. is now ten miles
or more to the south of the allied 'front.'
Al, this territory. running northwar1
from Chateau -Thierry. as we'll as ITO
the east and west, has been retaker
| largely by the French .and American
troops by fighting OF the sternest mas
ture during the last week. -
The battle between Scissors srd
Rheims. said by eyewitnesses to -be
| the greatest OF the war on the vest
ern front, seems to have been fought
with such ferocity that both sides are.
for the moment, apparently exhausted.
| Since the French and Americans
struck the German lines. from FontA-
noy to Belieau, n week ago last Thurs
day. the Germans have been forced
to reform their lines and pour into
the salient south of the Vesle River
many divisions of fresh troops which
were probably intended for use else
where along the front Over the alts
uation there hangs at all times a pos.
sihlity and a probability that some
new stroke would be struck by either
side.
APPROXIMATE PRESENT
FRONT OF FoCII's SOLDIERS
| So far as shown by Official state.
ments. the allies have pushed the Ger
mans south of Soissons back to an ex.
treme depth of over eleven miles. The
| line as it stands at present starts frou
| Fontenoy. on the Aisne. and runs south.
eastwardly through Pernant to Mons
tagne- de Paris. on the hills overlook
! ing Soissons. At that point 1t turns
south and passes through Courmelies
i5ersy. Nillemontoire. Har'ennes-et-
faux. lie Plessier 1Iulcu and Oulchy-les
/ Vile. There it turns 10 the soatheass
! and runs east of Oulcty-le- Caateau
and ArmcntiereS and passes through
northern edges OF Torneiies. La Feye
and Riz forests. passes through the
Roi and Cortop woods, continues
through tho line of Bouilly. ST. Eurs
phraisc and Nrigny and joins the old
/ battle line near Coulonmes-ia la Mon
taEne.
The principal, ighting OF the past
few days has taken place along the
Ouchy- lc Chateau. Nillemontoire and
the Bouilly sectors. .5..Sa
AT Viiiemontoire the allies succeedeo
in pushing ahead slightly, and near
/ Boully the British on Thursday beg4n
an attack that promised we'll. butait
was stopped and the British wera
driven back slightly from their ads
I vanced positions. The lighting at
Oulchy-l le- Chateau and to tho south
! east through the wooded country hss
been steady, and the Germans have
been compelled to give ground. butt
has been a slow process that the allies
have carried on in turning tho enemy
out OF this section and forcing them to
withdraw toward Fere-en-Ta rdenois.
GERMAN SALIENT ~
! SWEPT IA ALLIED GUM
| The situation on the interior of the
| German salient must be uncomfortable
/ for the enemy. LonS-range guns I'M!
the hands OF the allies are sweeping
nearly every part OF the salient. and
this fire is doubly severe over that
portion of the German position which
is within range of the medium calibensd
cannon. There is. however. little 70
justify the belief that the 6srmsnS
arc in serious straits. or that their fA.S
treat is being unduly hurried. Thers
have been, moreover. Indications that