Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-05
RIVER AISNE ALREADY CROSSED AT SEVERAL POINTS
TEUTONS EV|CTED FROM STRATEGIC POINTS ON VESlE
NOW RACING FOR THE NORTHERN BANK OF RIVER A|SNE
UNTOLD NUMBERS GERMANS KILLED ON BANK VESlE
(By the Associated Press)


me German retreat continues undated with the allies
everywhere in hot pusuit.
Apparently the situation now has resolved itself into
for the northern Asne by the Germans
Vese river the center of the line and directly east Of
Rheims which APPARENTLY rende necessary that they put
the Asne between themselves and their quickly
possible order to escape further large losses of
made prisoners.
Just how large this bag of captves is present cannot
reckoned but unofficial advces from Paris that when
the figures made public they will thrill the allied world
Gen. Pershing in his communication says the Americans
alone have taken 840O prisoners and in addition 1873
After hard lighting the Americans and French have sue
ceeded in taking from the Germans the important of
Tsmes Germanys great ammunition and supply de-
pot midway the railway between scissors and Rheims
while to the east at number Of places along the Vese river
the French have crossed the stream, driving the
East of scissors allied troops have negoti
ed the Of the Asne to the northern bank Of that
stream where they in position to haTass the
he endeavors to straghen out his line in conformity with
that running northeasward
So fast been the retreat the Germans in the center
already elements Of their forces have succeeded
reaching the northern bank Of the Aisne and getting
numbers Of their big guns with them All through
the salient towns still abaze behind the retreatng Ger
mans and corneds have been set are order to
vent the Allied troops ga1ne1ing the rpened corn.
The fighting along the Vese river of sanguinary
character long it lasted With the river at feshet and
Germans unable to ford they stood with their backs
killed and the remainder made prisoners One of the
most important north of the Vese the pen
eatlon by the French to the village of La Neuvete which
releases the Germans hold h northern outskirts of
Rheims and apparently delivers the cathedral city from the
German menace
With the Germans thoroughly vanquished thus far on
the SolssonsRhems salient eyes being turned to the
regions in the northwest both sides Of Amens Here the
French and British keeping up their hard pressure
against the armies Of the Grown Prince Rupprecht of Ba
vaa and have forced them two highly important sectors
ito retreat Southwest of Amiens the old Montdder Sec
tor the Germans have fallen back the Avre river over
VIDE front while northeast Of Amien in the region of Al
BERT similar retograde movement has been made
ne Ahce The German official communication admitting
the "dIawa near Albert declares that the maneuvre
earned cut without interference by the British
just what bearing these oensves will have the
ghtng front to which the Germans will ultimately retreat
lo sSana IN the Asne region cannot yet be forecast,
shoc the allied troops be able to press back the line
lof any material gains eastward it not improbable that it
"ouiu ois'ocate the entire German line in the south