French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-08-15
European.

The Germans have materially stiff
fened their defense against the Brit
ish, American and French troops on
the Picardy battle front, but they
have been unable to stem the tide
of advance against them.
Although the forward push of the
allies has slowed down somewhat, new
ertheless they have made further i'm
portant progress from the north of
the Somme, where the Americans and
British are fighting together, to the
northern bank Of the Disc river, where
the French troops are engaging the
enemy.
The Americans and the British are
pressing closely upon Bray-sur-Somme,
aided by tanks and armored cars.
The greatest progress in the recent
past has been made by the French
from the region Immediately south
west and south Of Roye to the Disc
river. Here they have driven their
line well ros the Roye-Compegne
the road leading from Compeigne to
Noyon.
The stiffening Of the German de-
tense does not, in the minds of OBJ
servers on the battle front, indicate
the r~eatreat~o OF the enemy has ended.
1t is assumed, rather, that these man
euvers are similar to those carried out
over tho Marine front, when strong
rear guards covered the retirement of
the crown princes armies northward.
The number of prisoners taken by
he allies in the counter-Offensive is
placed at thirty thousand, together
with 500 guns.
Over a curVing front of o than
twenty miles the British and French
troops are continuing to sweep back
the Germans eastward across the Pi-
caFdy plains from the region north
of the SOmme east of Morlancourt to
the eastern bank of the AVre north
west Of Montdidier.
The Franco-British offensive has al
ready eaptRred 1900 prisoners and
between 200 and 300 guns, many Of
them Of heavy caliber, and innumer-
able machine guns, trench mortars and
kindred small weapons.
On the famous Lys salient, north
west Of Eabassee and in the region
southwest Of Ypresb on the equally fam
Gus battle ground north of KENNEL,
the Germans are reported to be giving
ground.
Premier Floyd George says he fs
not too optimistic. He believes tho
determination of the Germanic hordes
will be a long and terrible job, but he.
has no doubt but that victory WIFE
crown the efforts Of the allies.
The French government has lodged
an objection To the appointment of a.
Chinese minister to the vatican and
the reception Of a papal nuncio at Pc
kin as being in contravention\ of the
Tien-Tsin treaty Of 1858, which recog
nizes a French protectorate over the
Roman Catholics in China.
An idea of the heavy losses suffered
by the Germans in the fighting in the
Marine pocket Is given by German doe
uments n possession of United States
and French officers and men, and OBJ
tanned in various other ways since the
allied offensive began on July Is. One
regiment lost one-third of it's electives
in n day. Other units were reduced
by one-half.
The British have been for some time
and are now making extraordinary eff
forts to concentrate troops on the
western front. Coupled with United
States and French efforts, this g1ves
promise of such overwhelming forces
in the battle next year that a corpar-
atively short and bitter fight may see
the issue decided and the German ar
mics driven beyond the Rhine, if not
destroyed in the field.
Lloyd George says that it matters
not what may happen ON land, Ger
many can never win till she whips
the allied nayies of the United States
and the triple entente.
1t is authoritatively stated that $50
German submarines have been de-
atroyed since the war began. This
service is so hazardous that mutinies
Twenty-three ~ringleaders of a revolt
against submarine duty are reported
to have been arrested and sentenced
to death &C WilheImshaven.
There has been a further lombard
ment Of the Paris region By the Car