Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-13
a1|l'EEFI|IIoAnS DRIvE:
FOE ACROSS AISNE:
General Mangin's Operation a
Flank Movement Behind
Crown Princes Forces.
ENEMY IN GRAVE PERIL.
Allies, Long Inactive About Rheims,
Co into Battle and Contribute to
Germans Rout North of the
Former Marine Sector.

Ionfon.-The Germans are in full
retreat along the so mile front from
Camecy, north Of scissors, to the
western approaches of Rheims. Be
tween The Vcsle and the Aisne they are
closely pursued by the Americans. The
latter already have reached the Aisne
II The river angie east Of scissors.
TIL, bulk Of the Crown Princes forces
NIX, aoW back across the AlSne. LII
ii.Iir pursuit the Americans are en-
c..,:.ltc:;rg stubborn rear guard re-
S.E.antn, consisting mainly Of machine
,;,!:! :}o%,s. -.
~. o-American forces were report
Fl: &aIth Of Vaiiiy-sur- Aisne, eight
f..:..s northeast OF scissors and two
-, 4 half miles south OF the slopes OF
~. Inemin-des-Dames
,.'~ battle front dispatches report
{, j.. mi Durthelot's Rheims army to
ia = Leon swung in,o action. The
49,: sic retreat may presently al
.>;,f .:.u ieriian Champagne army.
r, .,:iiiait OF the dominating pla-
90. un.yh OF the Fes!e is in American
...H"s.
,,>"nwh.le the French and British
- .i;aking down the German stop
g., nc cas-! OF the Canal-du-Nord and
Ia, .iI!nme.
:he french are driving hard and
n1nnfin
*. i,vitish are swooping down from
( q. northwest upon the river bulWark
:. tie German main defenSeS, at the
sc ti.!.c maintaining their pressure
.l.nard Cambria and Douai. In Flan-
G,..s The British and American forces
!. sic further progress.
;t.3Hny, the last important town be-
fyyc i.c I'ere is reached, is said to have
Llun abandoned by The Teutons. 1t lies
halfway between ,:oyon and LIE Fere.
Further north, east of Nesle, the
French ha- c made new crossings OF the
Canal-du-Nord and are only two miles
northwest of Ham at one point ana
four miles southeast Of Ham at an
other.
General Nangin struck another great
blow on the flank of the armies that
had been on the Vesle. From the Disc
10 the Aisne he advanced in the forests
and plateau, gaining at one point to a
depth of two and a half miles. The
armies below the Disc advanced on a
front of more than 30 miles.
The official report records that this
was no retreat on the part OF the Ger
mans, DuC was n consequence OF the
| great hammering to which the divisions
| set to hold this flank have been sub
| iccted for the last two weeks. They
could hold no longer and Mangin's
| army jumped forward.
The French and Americans have
crossed the plateau north Of the Vesle
and have reached the ravines leading
TO the Aisnc.
Gur farthtst advance patrols are re-
ported to have reached the south bank
Of the canal. The Fifth Prussian
Guards are resisting on the line Mon
riyal-Ronain.
On both sides of peronne, east Of the
SCmme and the Canal-du-Nord, the
British are approaching the high
ground between Athies and Nurlu,
FIELD Marshal Haig announced in his
bulletin.
Further Roadway was made by the
British north OF Equancourt, north
east of Peronne. South of Marquion
fsix and q half miles northwest OF
CambraD the British have reached
the east bank Of the Canal-du-Nord.
English and New Zealand divisions
captured Ruyaulcourt, on the east side,
and in close quarter fighting drove the
enemy from the northwestern corner
Of Havruncourt woods, broad forest
lust north of Metz-en-Couture.