Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-08-21
FOCH'S FORCES
Gain 4 MILES
MORE IN DRIVE
Scissors and Aisne Enemy Posi-.
tions PeriIed by Ten.
Mile Attack.
FRENCH keep UP OFFENSIVE
0esmans Retreat to Chemln des
Danes Forecast as Tenth Army
9Sreeps Ahead on Oise Front
800 Captured In Rush
vasoons Falls.

8Ssoepo AheAo on Oiee fronp-
800 Captured In Rush
vassens Falls.
London, Aug. 21.-GeneraI Manoln'a
Tenth army, attacking on q 1bmlle
'front.' has captured BeIIefontalne and
coustiI and advanced the allies line
for four miles. The French are At
taolelne on 1 line from Tracy 10 Val
- courtlI.
Washington, Aug 21.-A German
raid on the American lines north Of
Toul, In a comparatively quiet sector
resulted In losses to the Germans, Gen.
esal Pershng reported In his com.
muniQue It follows: Headquarters
American Expeditionary Forces. Aug
-, 1916.-Section A: North Of Toul
4 hostile raid was repulsed with losses
30 The enemy" +.
London, Aug. M.-.The French
Tsnth army attacked again on q front
oe ten miles between the Disc and the
Alne and reached q maximum depth
II t1o miles, according to a dispatch
sum the battle front Tho advance
q the French troops endansers the
vhde German position at .soissoos and
a do River Aisoe. II 10 nosable that
% Germans now VIII withdraw to
fnD rhoynin doa nnmeA
Before nine o'clock in the morning
he French captured 600 Germans tn
De sector attacked.
North Of Roye the French have
taken the BracQuemont and Fendu
woods and have occupied the greater
port Of Beuvraignes,' according to ad-
vices. It also is reported that they
have made progress to the southeast
OF Beuvraignes. s Dr.. ..-
French Occupy vassens.
Paris Aug. 21.-French troops oc-
cupy the village Of vassens, northwest
of Morsain, according to the war Office
statement There was reciprocal ar
ullery fire tn the region Of Lassgny
and Dresllncourt, west Of the Oise the
statement says. .-..
A German aerial bombardnent Of
Nancy was carried tout. Six of the
civilian population were killed and
a score injured, the statement adds
Repulse Hun Attacks.
London, Aug. 21.-Four German at
lacks against British positions at
Chilly, about SIX miles north Of Roye,
were repulsed during the night, ac-
cording to the official statement issued
at the war Office. o .... ~.
The British lines were advanced tn
the neighborhood Of Veux Berquin
and Outtersteen, In the Lys salient, &C
cording to the statement, which says
that 1872 Germans were made prison
eEs. .-.
Foes Defenses CrumbIe.
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 Mangn'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. . H..
In the course Of his advance Cen
eral Mangin captured more than 2,2OO
prisoners and many machine guns.
Prisoners and machine. guns also were
taken by the British in their move
ment against Merville and In the Az
cite sector, south Of the Scarpe, where
British patrols entered the enemy's
trenches and penetrated considerable
distance into his positions.
Prepared for Siege Of Paris.
The Germans when they started
their last offensive operation were
prepared for a siege Of Paris from a
range of 25 miles, the Petit Partisan
declared. A number of 6O-foot guns,
firing shells weighing three-quarters Of
a ton each, were ready on railway
trucks, to be pushed forward behind
the advancing armies, the newspaper
said.
Forest Fires Raging.