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Show OFFENSIVE SLOWS DOWN, BUT IS NOT AT A STANDSTILL WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON i THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT, July 26, i 8 p. m. (By the Associated Press.) The allied offensive has slowed down, but has ; I not been checked. Franco-American i troops today forced hack the Germans i a bit farther north. The greater part of i the fighting is taking place in the big forests north of the Marne and along the j western flank of the salient. j The Germans, with artillery and machine ma-chine guns and strong infantry detach- j ments, left the northern edge of the Fere, . I Tournelle and Ris forests and battled I I cleverly and stubbornly to hold the advancing ad-vancing allies until more progress could I be made in the transportation of their i supplies, guns and general stores. But, ; despite the opposition, some ground was j gained. I The woods tonight have almost be.en freed of Germans. The Fere-en-Tarde-nois road extending from the front al-1 al-1 ready Is under sucli a lire from the ar-i ar-i tillerv as to make it useless as a supply i arterv. With a slight push forward by J j the allied troops. Fere-en-Tardenois will ! become untenable. Villemontoire has i been restored to the allied line, and from I It the allied artillery can easily reach ! the Germans near Fere-en-Tardenois. |