Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-20
Gain on 10 Mile Front to
Force Hun Retreat to
Chemin- Des Danes.


again this morning on a front
OF 10 miles between the Disc
and the AiSne and reached
maximum depth OF two miles,
according to 4 dispatch from
the battlefront.
The advance of the French
troops endangers the whole
German position at SOissOns
and on the river Aisne.
1t is possible that the Ger
mans now will withdraw to the
Chemin des Danes.
Before 8 O'clock this morning
the French captured 800 Ger
mans in the sector attacked.
North OF ROye the French
have taken the BracquemOnt
and Fendu woods and have Oc-
cupied the greater part Of
BeuVraignes, according TO ad-
vices. 1t also Is reported that
they have made progress to the
southeast of BeuVraignes.
According to the latest advices
reaching London, the front OF this
mornings attack by the French ex-
tended over Is miles. Good prog
ress has been made everywhere,
according to reports, and the ad-
vance on this front since Saturday
is now over four miles at its max
imum depth.
The present line follows:
From Plessy-le-Val to lie Four
A-Verre to Belfontaine and to Bier
ancourt, two and half miles north
OF Morsain. From there it runs
south to Osly-Courtil and reaches
the Aisne at Courtil. The attack
today extended to a point within
three miles from scissors.
Four German attacks against
British positions at Chilly, about
six miles north of Roye, were re-
pulsed during last night, according
to the official statement issued at
the war office today.
The British lines were advanced
in the neighborhood of Vieux Ber-
quin and Outtersteen, in the Lys
salient. according to the statement
which says that 1S2 Germans were
made prisoner.
French Occupy Vassens.
Paris, Aug. 20.-French troops
last night occupied the village Of
Vassens, northwest of Marsain. be-
tween the Disc and the Aisne. &C
cording to the war Office statement
today.
yrta NO., -actDroca1 artfI1erv
fire in the region of Lassigny and
Dreslincourt, west of the Disc, the
statement says.
A German aerial bombardment OF
Nancy was carried out. Six OF the
civilian population were killed and
a score injured, the statement adds.
(By the Associated Press).
German forces holding the vital
sector of the battle front between
the Aisne and Oise rivers were
hurled back over q 10-mile front
this morning by the French, accord
ing to reports reaching London 1t
is stated that the French have PEN
etrated the enemy positions TO a
depth of two miles.
Peril Whole Hun Line.
This attack, which is a continue
ton of the assault made northwest
of scissors on Sunday night, is said
to endanger the whole German po-
sitions at Scissors and the Aisne.
Ii is added that the French success
probably will be followed by Ger
man retirement from scissors TO
the Chemin des Danes.
No details Of the fighting are as
yet available, but an advance OF
two miles in this sector would seem
to place the Germans, both along
the Aisne and before Noyon, in a
serious position, from which only
an immediate retreat would appear
to be possible.
Allied pressure against the Ger
man lines from scissors northward
to the Somme and in the Flanders
sector continues.
Village Is Captured
Just northwest Of Scissors the
French have occupied the village OF
Vassens, which is on the eastern
bank of a small stream which flows
into the Disc river at Morsain. a
town 10 the southeast, which was
captured by the French yesterday.
Further north in the mountain
GUS region between Lassigny and
Dreslincourt, reciprocal artillery
fire is reported. II was in this re-
gion that the French debouched
from Thiescourt forest yesterday
and also captured the village OF
Pimprez on the Disc above Ribe-
court.
On old PicartIy battlefield the
Germans have been launching re-
peated counter attacks against the
British line in the region southeast
of Chilly, which IS north OF Roye.
These assaults were repulsed by