| Show ALLIED OFFENSIVE MAKES FAKES NEW GAINS Associated Press 3 IlEn has has- been no abatement inthe In InI J T I the tho strength of or the tho offensive the I I British French and American troops are Aro throwing against the German Ger man armies from Arras Arra to the re region lon of ot And nd as yet cl there l is no indication that It is the purpose of or orth th the seemingly demoralized enemy to turn about and face their aggressors or to offer otter more mOIo resistance for tor the tho present than through the tune activities of oC strong rear guards Not alone have ha tho rho allied troops allover all allover over o tho the battle front from fromn Arras to Soissons gained further important t terrain but hut to tho tiro north the BritIsh British British Brit Brit- ish have advanced ad their theil line In the I. I Lys s 's sector Rector apparently without much effort Of or greater significance than an any of or orthe the other victories achl achieved erl In Fridays Friday's Fridays Friday's Fri Fri- days day's fighting Is II the tho gait gain aln of t the ii with whom Americans are arc I brigaded d d In 11 this general sector north of The latest French official records record tho the capture of or orI I Chavigny threw three miles northwest and Cuffies Curties a mile and a half hAlt north of or orI I Soissons 01 and the entry into the outskirts outskirts out out- skirts of ot Crouy to the northeast Jr French Cross Croll These victories gained only after the hardest kind of ot fighting mako malee more secure tho the allied line running northward and outflanking the Al Aisne AIne no r nd and the Dames des positions Also bettering this general situation I has b been en the crossing b by the French o of the river at Champs Champa In the region north of ot Noyon Noron the French have hav male made further progress crossing the Can Canal l Du Nord r at several sev soy eral places and advancing ad materially In tho the direction o of the tho Noyon Ham railroad line All around Noyon Noron the French have ha strengthened their Ions All the territory on the north and west banks of or the Somme where the British have havo been operating against tho the Germans now nas has U I n- n v l of or tho the enemy and south of or on the tho eat east t bank batik of ot tho the stream notwithstanding not- not withstanding the destruction o of t the bridges b by the Germans To the north the British almost everywhere are an pressing easl eastward ward along tho the highways carrying the G Germans Germans Ger Ger- r- r mans before th them notwithstanding the tho desperate resistance that Is everywhere everywhere every cry where being offered by machine gunners gunners gun gun- un- un ners nen Innumerable and Infantry unit units Is now In British han hands s. s East o of tho the British are arc working along alon tho the road to toward toward to- to ward vard To Tn the tho north orthis of or this r region Bullecourt and on the tho old lindenburg line lInc both were captured but tho the Germans in a n violent violent vio vio- back bade the thc lent counterattack forced British to lo their we western tern outskirts where at last accounts occupying anold anold an anold old German trench trench system stem the Ger Gel mans were being held Mac Lint Strongly Held Northeast of or Arras tho ho British now are aro only n a step tep away from Crom the thc famous Drocourt Drocourt Que nt switch line one mine of ot the tho stron strongest eRt of or the lie enemy's fortified po positions which Is said sold to be filled with forces force who Intend tenaciously to dispute It Its capture I Southwest of ot Ypres pres in the tho Lys salient sail sali sail sail-I ant ent the ilia Germans again have hae be begun un withdrawing and aro are being closet closely followed fol tol- tolI I lowed up b by the tho British The British I again hold The withdrawal orthe of or the the Germans seemingly h indicates It Is their purpose o to blot out this salient and straighten their line southward from Ypres It la is a move mo however howe that Is greatly les lessening the chance chanc o of ofa a drive o during the present year Poward Po- Po to toward 0 ward the channel ports from this re re- re Ion gion There Thero has been a considerable increase in increase In- In crease In the enemy's artillery activity It ity against the American troops In Inthe Inthe inthe the Vos es region Several Se patrol at attacks attacks at- at tacks s by hy the tho Germans ha have been stopp stopped d lJ by the Americans |
