Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-20
STATUS OF THE BATTLE
Activity Now Confined to Artilley
DueIs and Local Attacks.

The British troops west OF Armen-
there's have advanced their line TO Il
depth Of 1000 TO 1000 yards on II
four-mile front between Vieux Ber-
uuin and Bailleul and also made prog
ress southwest OF Merville. according
to the official statement Issued Sunday
evening. The village Of Outtcrstcen
and 400 prisoners were captured.
An advance also has been made
between Chilly and Fransart, lying to
the north OF Roye.
Gradually the famous Lys salient I'm
the region west OF .Armentiercs is Civ
hg away under the pressure OF the
British. Again Field Marshal Hangs
forces have compelled the enemy To
seek ground to the eastward where ne
will be more secure from the shells OF
the big guns that for several weeks
have been firing criss-cross over the
entire salient, working havoc among
the defenders Of the insecure line.
Likewise the Germans are being CIV
en- no rest by the Franco British forces
north and south Of the Somme, and
the French and Americans along the
Vesle and Americans in Lorraine, also
are harassinS them by artillery fire and
local attacks. Nowhere has the enemy
had the better of any encounter.
Over a front Of four miles between
sector, the British have forced back
the Germans to Il depth ranging from
1000 to 1000 wards, taking in the ma
ncuvcr the village Of Outterstrcn and
400 prisoners. A little TO the south
along the Lys river near Merville the
British also have advanced their line,
and still farther south. between Arras
and Albert, the Germans have been re-
lieved, under pressure, OF further ter
rain near Bucquoy.
While, as a whole the German lin"
between the Somme and the Disc rir-
ers are still holding. notwithstanding
the terrific pounding it is receiving
from the Allied guns, the British have
drawn nearer the road leading from
Chaulnes to Roye between Chilly and
Fransart, placing Roye in greater jcop-
ardy by attack from the north. AT the
same time to the south of Roye. over
the four-mile front between Bcuvraig-
mes and MatZ. a violent ar
tillery duel lis raging between the
French and Germans. 1t Is In this re-
gion that the French are endcavoring
and in their initial efforts they have
met with considerable suCcess-to car
ry forward their twofolv purpose Of
outfianking both Roye and IAssigny by
"a drive eastward in the direction Of
the road leading southcastward from
Roye to Noyons.
Along the Veslc river front, where
the Americans and French are holding
the line against the Germans, there
has been considerable reciprocal artil-
lery shelling, but with the weight Of
gunpwoder and Of shells resting with
the Allied troops. They gave the enc
my two shells for one. An indication
that the German line Immediately in
front of the French and Americans is
thinly held Is the fact that American
patrols AT various points have pcn,-
trated sectors to the encmy's barbcd
wire and trenches without encounter
ing infantrymcn.
In Lorraine, where the Americans
captured the village Of Frappclle, near
St. Die, Saturday morning, they have
pressed on and gained more ground.
Notwithstanding heavy lombard
ment by the enemy.