Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-23
ALLIED ARMIES
CAPTURE BOOTY |
And PRISONERS
EFaig's Forces Advance Two
Miles or Six-Mile Isl
Front.
BRITISH SOLDIERS CROSS
ARRAS-BAPAUME RAILWAY
French Driving Wedge Between
General Won Boehn and
Crown Prince. e
FOCH STILL KEEPS INITIATIVE
Even Hun Newspapers Admit That
Large Army OF Americans u.
Is Now in France. IS
EocH STILL KEEPS INITIATIVE
[By Associated Prcss.l

lBy Associated Prcss.1 s.-t.t.
The German battle line in France Is
sun crumblinS under the impetus OF
the attacks OF the British and French.
From the region of Scissors around
the curve in the front, to the vicinity
of Lassigny the enemy has been visited
with further heavy defeats. while far
ther north. between the Somme River.
at Bray and the south of Arras, Field
Marshal Haigs men have continued
their victorious thrusts.
On no sector OF the front have tho
Germans been able to stay their foes.
who have captured a large number OF
additional towns and vantage points.
which in the further prosecution OF the
offensive are OF the utmost strategio
value. Nowhere is the enemy being
permitted to pause for breath. Tho
armies of Haig, Mangin and Humbert
are pressing their advantage with. a
strength that brooks no dental of their
eiIorts.
stores of war supplies have. been added
since, the. tide OF battle was turned ne
sn. ne sns .he oeRsIvs fsmR s
aTns pnsi I1iy Is TO a3os
In a new offensive begun BY HaiR
from the north OF the sommo to ;Al-
ward already has been. made oveF the
| six-mils front. In this lighting. the
stone stone o, Of the German defense protect
has been bee taken Here the BE!.ish ,@ass
crossed crossed b. BY the the British in their dr1xs
! enemy around Bray, where at last re-
ports the Americans were in the bat
tie line. ~
OF HEAVY FIGHTING
Desperate resistance has been offered
TO the further eastward advance Of
ns hsh ~ In the @hera the
be the lmmediate objective. Particu-
pFY seeTS hshsns ba assougs the
town changed hands numerous times.
ss. 1sonesa t. thu ass
penetrations Of the encIly line had oe-
Cured. and the British :Sere operating
| railway.
Under the further progress OF the,
French armies from the Vicinity 2t
seemingly has been driven In between
the armies of General von Boehn and
the German Crown Prince. Over the
entire front the Germans have been
further pushed back. at some distances
from two to three miles, and nfthh
retrograde movement the enemy was
forced to abandon large numbers o.
~uns Novon Is now all but envelopes
and the hill and wooded country in thisy
;'c!nity almost cleared of the enemy,
and both the Disc md the hilottrg
"ivcrs have been crossed, and the on-s
rard thrust of the French on the
eastern end OF the line from Soissans
,nrthward seems likely to bring about
shortly the outflankinE OF the import-
mt town OF Loan and the forced re-
v~sie River northward across the
,isne. e7t
Viewed in all Its aspects. the allied
"ffensivc seemingly shows that Gen,
'irely in his own hands. and that he
'urpcses to press his ADVANTAGES for
he little more than two months. of
rood fighting weather that remain be-
fore the winter season sets in. Indeed.
u IA not irprobable that he may eleet
@ keep after his quarry even when
'uhcre are standing with their usual
zest and Foch now has greatly.
strengthened army. Foch Is obtaining
from across seas the strength In sDlen-
did man power that will hermit him to
work out his strategy In his own time.
Even the German newspapers are
lnctantly, the stptcr,ent by the, Ameri-
can Secretary of War concerning the
strength Of the American forces In
nndeavoring to minimize the number
ectualiy in battle array.
HEpIIN REpORT TELLS OF
RETIREMENT IN HOYON RE:I0S
BERLIN (via London). August 20
at nighttime Tuesday" says to-day's
War Office statement, we retired
slightly southwest of Noyon, behind
the Disc.
"The enemy gained ground at
Blerancourt His attacks on the
Morsain ravine failed.
sDrit oh OF fc
failed"
TOWN OF ALBERT Is
REcApTURED BY BRITISH
[By Associated Press