Republican farmer., 1918-09-06

of Soissons late today. Gen. Mangin's men pushed on to Leuilly, two miles | from Vauxillon and five miles from | Chemin des Danes. Huge fires oh- served toward Vauxaillon, northeast of Soissons, indicated the enemy was burning his supplies.
 Farther south Gen. Mangin's men ca blurred Terny sorny and Fontaine St. Remy. The road from Crouy to Pont Rogue in the direction of Chem in des Danes was reached and pro- gress continues, according to latest re- ports. With the French Army in France, Monday, Sept. 2.-(By The Associated Press) s)-LocaliZatio in the activity ot the infantry in the last two dayst has giver the appearance of relinquish- men. of pressure on the flying eBr- man lines from the Somme to Sois- sons. The altered face of the battle
 is due to changes in tho conditions of the ground and tactics and though the fighting has been confined to com paratively short sectors north of SOIs- sons. north of Noyon and around Nesle engag agements of the utmost im- portance have been in progress in which the Allies have gained advant- ages that explain the enormous sac rifices the Germans made to hold them off at those points,
 North of Soiss ons Gen. Mangir' s troops after three days of furious combat,in which positions were taken and retaken several times. have push ed forward on the plateau that over- looks the valley of the Ailette behind Chemin des Danes and from where the citadel of Loan. one of the stoutest pillars in the German secondary line, may plainly be seen.
 The French and Americans met around Juvigny the elite of the Ger man army. grenadiers of the Prussian guard, picked storming battalions and hard mountain infantrymen. They defated them declsively, taking an enormous death toll from their ranks and sending a goodlE number of cap-
 tives to the rear. The Associated
 Press correspondent saw a column Of
 these prisoners filing back over the
 plateau to the west where white
 wooden crosses over fresh graves
 marked the scene of other recent de-
 feats. Some were young. but all were
 sturdy and humiliation and depression
 showed in their faces rather than the satisfaction exhibited by other pris- oners over their final releace from the infernD of war.
 The Americans co-operated in the attack on Juvigny with the type O
 tanks that the French have named chars d'assaut." or shock cars. These
 engines of war have been called "ar l mored infantry" They have all thu
 suppleress of troops a foot and the : advance readily into the enemy's DO
 sitions, dealing death dith gruesom : profusion from their quick irers ant l cannon One of these armed car ,. manned by a French lieutenant killed f 200 Germans before Juvigny.
 Q Very severe fighting has been goin
 on also north Of Noyon. along tn e Meve river and the Canal du Nor . and around Nesle. After forcing tn s last fortified centers of resistanc
 around Rove and Chaulnes tn Il French arrived at these points, con = fronting natural obstacles which tn n Germans utilized to best advantage. t The French succeeded in forcing
 crossing of the Ingon between Qui Q query and Rouy le Petit last evening l, slipping through the enemy's ad
 vanced positions to tho edge of tn ,- plateau extending toward Ham, an d were attacking hill IT at last ae e counts.