Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-08-18
A|SNE AND sOMME
BATTLE FRONTS At
LAST CONNECT UP
PLATEAU NoRrH oP AUTREcnEs
~ TAKEN Hi MARSHAL
fOtH'S TROOPS.
ATTACK HAD MUCH POWER
No Indications Now That Aiiied
Pressure l. 10 lie C0atinucd
fO Northwest Of city OF
SoissOns.

The wal situation OF Saturday IL
summarized by the Associated Press
as follows
Marshal FOch has at last letinite-
~ connected up the battles OF thr
Aisne and the SOmme Announce
mcnt is made that. by a local ~
'ack. the plateau north OF Autre-
cdca. about ten miles northwest Il
Smssons. has aeeL carried ,, lke
~, nch aud that lheir success gives
then q position dominating the
region extending northward towacl
the Disc river
Plenty ~ Power.
The attack. while local in charac-
ter, must have had plenty of power
TO carry as tar ahead a. is indicat-
ed IN dispatches The French line
from the Aisne To the Disc has been
inactive since early IN July. 4 ran
through Autreches 10 Moulin aOus-
Touvent aud thence nOrthwesterly
through the Marlpont aud Aurscamp
forests to the Disc in the whole
plateau north OF Autreches has been
taken from the Germans. the
French have advanced upwards OF
mile Ia that regiun
when the Germans halted their
retreat from the Marne salient aud
made stand on the Alsne. Il was
assumed blow northwest OF Soils
sons would be struck. az n success
would outflank the Germans and
compel their retreat ~ their old
lines north OF the Chemln-des-
Danes.
Then the Picardy offensive began
and the eyes OF the world were fix
ed on the allied progress east Of the
Ayre and Anere
Only Jocal Actions.
This drive has recently bean
almost at n slandstlil Only local
Sctions have been fought for the
lrrt' tour 1gvs along the 'ire estsb-
hshed by the Germans west OF the
Somme Some OF the prosress
specially along the southern sec
'or Of the line. has been important
though hardly noticeable on a man
hut the Germans are desporNtelv de-.
lending every inch of the high
ground southwest OF Novon and
south OF Lasslgny as well as the
area around Roye The allied nrss-
sure is continuous and NAV eventual-
lIy break down enemy resistance
There are no Indications that
Marshal Foch viii continue his nre7
cure northwest Of Scissors but hi
first success there NAV be evnlolt
cd u would not be- surprising 10
4ee the fighting spread between N"
Nsne and the O\' for a" 0lliet
.ictorv in that reTlon would hreaF
the hinges of both the AIsne ana
somma lines and oumnell % Germln
retirement on both sides of the neY'
battle area From Suis4uug To
rheims the allies have been doin
lIufle since the Americans rs'ained
their positions az Fismette
Flanders Quiet Y
IN The Flanders sector. there have
been uo engagements of signifiant
character
The fighting ir Russia has be
Ieun to assume proportions which
viii attract considerable attention
The front E NOT continuous. hut II
may be said to be iu che form OF a
crescent extending from hetum. on
Tho Caspian Sea. uorihulrd along
'ha western foothills OF the Urals
lri east ~ the Volra river and
fhan swinging uNre to the north
west until q reaches omega Bay. an
army az the Arctic ocean.
Announcement o. made from
Toxic that the movement Of Jap
Irase troops tI fhe Manchurisu
'front.' has been ordered u IL pro
liable that these troops will be. oI
'a.e been landed az Port Arthur
md moved uorihward toward th'
, Trans Baikal country. where th'
! BolsheyikI ore iu control