Show MANGIN BREAKS I HUN SAliENT French Army Anny in iii Pursuit t of Retreating Enemy on Wide ride Front k By UnIversal Paris Oct 27 By n Ry a sudden and powerful smash the tho French army under General Mangin Ian in has overnight o obliterated atell the of the German salient he- he tween th the Ii's Olse Oise and anil Serre rivers I Tonight Tonight To To- night slight the Germans are retreatIng at top tOil MIH speed e along the time 20 mile front from rom j north of Guise Guhse to the le region lon This retreat Is bound to spread at least another twenty miles The Tue whole German German Ger Ger- man pocket north and amid cast of oC La Laon on has In The French are pushing pushing- hard on the enemy's heals The The Germans Germans am are fI tight tight- InS Ing stubborn rear guard actions hut but ht 1 their main forces orce are nrc in full r retreat treat Mangin's lan troops nave e crossed the tho Serre Serro to the east of or sur issis ur 7 75 H miles north of or T aon nI nd have havo penetrated penetrated penetrated pene pene- the German trenches Tho The 1 Trench are aro mn making king n a I concentric drive e on f Court ten t n miles north of Laon Laoo which n I Is outflanked In lii Inthe Inthe the tIme north when herl th the have hn captured cap cap- Lured Monceau three mules mlle above c on un tho Laon railway 1 In time the south the attackers lr I IThe ITh mill front om ovir are arc only onU a Th The rime enral trend o of the time drive is I northeastward Its immediate ob- ob are Guise and arid Mario two Important important Im im- im- im rail Intersections Guise Is being bein rapidly encircled Mario a way point on the La Fere railway Is threatened b by Mangin Mangin's Ilan ins in's s right at at five e miles eastward The rho strategic lc object of or the drive Is Isto Isto isto to push the 1 French rench front up to a level with the front created b by the British h below Valenciennes Pot For the time first phase of ot their retreat the Germans have l all lU elaborate network of or railways at their disposal but hut once tho the Gulso- Gulso Marlo Mario front Is IJ i poached cached their avenues of or escape apo will b be limited to t two Wl main mam rails malls running parallel ull to and amid 8 respectively p I Grest gains were made by the French east of or St. St Quentin where hero tho they cap cap- I t tired Mont Moist nine miles east cast St. St Benoit S J SI Jmiles SImiles I of St H. Quentin and Ind Cour- Cour miles east cast of or St. St Jumelle miles east cast of oC St. St Quon- Quon tin Un All the tho Intermediate strong strong- points also ahlo were wro overrun o b by Mangin's Ian Ins In's troops The Peronne river was vas crossed d andIn andin and andIn In a northeastward advance Hill Hili and sugar fa factory factor tor a mile simile from Crom court f full foil into the 3 hand As always alwa's when whets the they ther arc forced to retreat in one sector tho Germans promptly launched furious counterattacks counterattacks tacks on the tho adjoining front that lint far farto farto farto to th the east cast of or Laon Laun duo north of or In order to avert crl a disaster that would result from Crom a cave In there The French hen bout toft oft off terrific thrusts Inthe in lii the tho r region llon of ot farm east cast of or I On Violent artillery duels are r raging along th that lt frontIn front French I In two days das fighting the there took 2150 prisoners |