The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-08-24
FOCH'S FORCES
CAIN 4 MILES
MORE IN Drive
scissors and Aisne Enemy Posi-
tions Periled by Ten
Mile Attack.
FRENCH keep UP OFFENSIVE
Germans Retreat TO chemln des
Danes Forecast as Tenth Army
Sweeps Ahead on oise Front
500 Captured In Rush--
vassens Falls.

vassens Falls.
London. Aug. 21.--0eneral Mangln's
Tenth army, attacking on a ts-mlle
front, has captured BeilefontaSne and
courtii and advanced the allies line
Ter four miles. The French are at
lacking on line from Tracy Ie Val
to CourtiI.
Washington, Aug A.-A German
raid on the American lines north Of
Toul, In a comparatively quiet sector,
resulted In losses to the Germans, Gen
eral Pershing reported in his COM
munique. 1t follows: Headquarters
American Expeditionary Forces, Aug.
10, 1918-Section A: North Of Toul
hostile raid was repuhsed with losses
to the enemy"
London, Aug. 21. - The French
Tenth army attacked again on front
of ten miles between the Disc and the
Aisne and reached maximum depth
of two miles, according to dispatch
from the battle front. The advance
of the French troops endangers the
whole German position at scissors and
on the River Aisne. 1t Is possible that
the Germans now win withdraw to
ing Chemin des Danes.
Before nine o'clock in the morning
the French captured 800 GermanS in
.fAa sector. attacked.
North of Roye the French have
taken the BFaequemont and Fendu
woods and have occupied the greater
port of Beuvraignes, according to ad-
vices. 1t also Is reported that they
have made progress to the southeast
OF Beuvraignes.
French Occupy Vasssns.
Paris, Aug. 21.-French troops oc-
cupy the village of vassens, northwest
Of Morsain. according to the war office
statement. There was reciprocal ar
tfllery fre In the region Of Lassigny
and Dreslincourt, west Of the Oise, the
statement says.
A German aerial bombardment Of
Nancy was carried out. SIk OF the
civilian population were killed and
score injured. the statement adds.
Repuise Hun Attacks.
London. Aus 21.-Four German at
tacks against British positions at
Chilly, about six miles north of Roye,
were repulsed during the night, ac-
cording to the official statement issued
ut the war Office.
The British lines were advanced in
the neighborhood Of Vieux Berquin
and Outtersteen. In the Lys salient, ac-
cording to the statement, which says
that 1872 Germans were made prison
efS.
Foe's pefenses Crumble.
Shattered by the hammering to
which they are being subjected by the
British and the French armies, the
German defenses are giving way in
the Lys sector In Flanders and the Ar
ras- Soissons salient In Picardy.
In Flanders the British have fought
their way into Melville. the apex OF
the Lys salient. In Picardy, the out
skirts of Roye and Lasigny have been
entered by the allies.
Advancing on nine-mile front. Cen
eral Mangin's Tenth French army has
penetrated the German lines to depth
Of two miles and has occupied
the towns Of Nampiel. Morsain, Nou-
vron, lie Hamel and Pimprez. North
Of the Vesle Americans and French
are moving forward into positions
evacuated by the enemy.
In the course Of his advance Gen.
erai Mangin captured more than 2.200
prisoners and many machine guns.
Prisoners and machine guns also were
taken by the British in their move
ment against Merville and in the Ay-
cite sector. south of the Scarpe. where
British patrols entered the enemy's
trenches and penetrated considerable
distance Into his positions.
Prepared for Sieue Of Paria
The Germans when they started
their last offensive operation were
prepared for siege Of Paris from a
range Of rs miles, the Petit Partisan
declared. A number of 60-foot guns.
firing shells weighing three-quarters of
ton each. were ready on railway
trucks, tp BE- pushed forward behind
the advancing armies. the newspaper
said.