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Show SWEEP OF MED i French Patrols Now in I Chaulnes; Montdidier Falls; Thousands of Prisoners Are Taken. ; Eleven Hun Divisions Crushed; Enemy Unable Un-able to Make Counter-stroke Counter-stroke at Any Point. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. 10. (Havas.) French patrols are in Chaulnes, the principal railway center of the Germans Ger-mans west of the Sonune river. Many thousands of prisoners were taken when Montdidier was captured. By the Associated Presa. i Tho French have driven the' Germans j before them for an impyrtahi, gfiin east I of Montdidier in Picardv That city, which was the apex of a German salient I that now has been wiped out, fell to the French fourth army at midday Saturday. Sat-urday. Before nightfall, according to tho French war office statement, tho victorious French forces had carried the battle Lino onward to an averago depth of six miles on a front of approii-matcly approii-matcly twenty miles. In the three days of engagements that culminated in the taking of Montdidier, Mont-didier, the French took 8000 prisoners. Their capture also included 200 guns and an enormous amount of material. Crushed by the impact of the British, French and American offensive on tho battle line from Albert, northeaHt of Amiens, to Oise river north of Com piegne, German forces are streaming back toward tho Somme river and tho Ncsle-Noyon canal. So far as can bo determined, the enemy is in full retreat re-treat aU along the front against which the allies flung themselves on Thursday Thurs-day morning. It is reported from Paris that French patrols are in Chaulnes, Chaul-nes, the principal Germau center went of the Somme. THOUSANDS OF i. HUNS CAPTURED. Montdidier, at the tip of tho German salient in Picardy, has been taken by the allies, who cut off large numbers ol the enemy when they sought to brat I retreat from that city. ThouHrmds of prisoners were taken there by the allies, al-lies, it is reported. North of the Snrnme, stubborn cnernj resistance at Chipilly Fjmr, a height which dominated the wholo valley oi the Sornme in that region, lias been broken and the Germans north of the river have joined their comrades in rc tiring. South of Moti td idier, 1 he French have plunged through the German lines ou the hills west of the Mat, river and arc reported to be in the valh'y of the ftream at M Jirrjiieg i sc. When the situation is studied nn 9 map it can be seen that the Germans are in a f-.erious position uA of Mont- didir. The allies have rinsed in on , ( 'haul lies and have had t he railroad junction smith of that town under artillery ar-tillery fire for two days. If Chaulnes is lost to the Germans t'ney will be. forced to make ;i long, perilous niarcli eastward over country roads toward Xoym. The rapid progress of the French below Montdidier has placed even this road under fire and made it almost impossible as an avenue of escape. es-cape. In the enter the flcrmans are reported report-ed to be in full retre.it. Allied airmen (Continued on Pge Fiv.) Pf I SWEEP OF ' HUES IS CONTINUED (Continued from Page One.) have seen roads filled with German motor lorries and have been active in bombing these lines of transport. The bridges of the Somme river south of I'eronne are under fire and the one at Peronne is reported to have been broken. This will throw new complications in the German high command's task of extricating its shattered armies from the field where thev have been defeated. Jt now appears that the German lines in Picardy must have been stripped when Crown Prince Rupprecht sent troops to the rescue of the German crown prince's armies south of the Aisne three weeks ago. Paris newspapers remark on the fact that the captives taken are, for the most part, rather old and it is said that they are members of reserve divisions. divi-sions. Crown Prince Rupprecht is known to have a large number of splendid troops which will probably be thrown into battle bat-tle at once. So far, only two of these divisions have come in contact with the allies but they have been unable to check the onward rush of the victorious armies of Haig and Debney. Teuton Staff Captured. The number of prisoners captured during dur-ing the first three days of the offensive is very large. It is hinted at Paris that it exceeds by far the figure given out in the official statements. Two divisional headquarters, with their staffs, are said to have been taken. The guns and war materials lost by the enemy constitute a very heavy loss. Since the American forces occupied Fismettc. the northern suburb of Fismes, on the Vesle, there have been no reports of further attacks in that region. It is believed, however, that the allies there are gathing themselves for a new assault which may have its effect on the great battle going on further north. Although there have been rumors of he;ifighting south of Arras, there has tyT no confirmation yet. Nothing is ..down of the situation in Flanders, where on Friday the Germans are reported to be withdrawing from their advanced position. dTISH PUSHING , PATROLS TOWARD BR AYE IN FIGHTING 'WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, Aur. 10. (By the Associated Associat-ed Press.) North of the Ancro the British have firmly established their positions po-sitions and are pushing out patrols toward to-ward Braye. The Germans throughout the day were retiring all along the line, endeavoring endeav-oring to save whatever they could as the French launched their, new attack against Mor.tdidier. The French attack today resulted in the taking of Moutdidier. This movement move-ment is consiflered as most significant, as the allies havo now penetrated far into the enemy lines in the Amiens district. dis-trict. The Germans are retreating rapidly rap-idly out of the pocket of which Mont-iliilicr Mont-iliilicr was the aucx. ! Somme and the Oise is ovident. The German Eighteenth army, which is commanded com-manded by Von Hutier, is deployed from Montdidier to the Oise. The country coun-try buhind it is hilly and wooded, altogether al-together unfavorable for the withdrawal of masses of men and material. Inta retreat Von Hutier would be obliged to use three highroads and two railroads which converge on Koye like the spokes of a wheel. Beyond that town a retreat would be dependent upon the two . roads toward Ham and the Somme, one direct and the other by "way of Neele. i'roni the geographical details it .will be seen that Von Hutier in a retreat would be forced to squeeze his heavy artillery and convoys through Eove. It would be like putting them through a rolling mill, for the French advance troops are now six miles northwest of Boye, while the center of the German front is eleven miles south of that town. CANADIANS MAKE SPLENDID RECORD IN HARD FIGHTING By The Canadian Press. AVTTH THE CANADIAN FORCES ON THE BATTLE FRONT. Aug. 10. The Canadians went over the top at twenty minutes past four on August 8, and six-' teen- minutes afterward the first prisoners pris-oners began to come in. By eight o'clock a large-part of the initial objectives had been captured. For the first time the Canadian cavalry found itself on the same battlefield with the infantry. Also, it was the first time that Canadians had fought side by side with their brethren from Australia. The victory, however, is notable chiefly for the wonderful staff work that alone made it possible. There was no artillery preparation in the usual sense of the word. The men went in immediately behind the barrage and kept up with it as it lifted. The boche was taken completely by surprise, and prisoners pris-oners were astounded to find they were surrendering to the Canadians. The Canadian soldiers never went Into action with more irrepressible eagerness and determination not to be refused than they did Thursday. Behind the rampart of valor they had builded at Vimv and Arras they have laid all this spring and summer chafing that they were denied their opportunity of taking part alongside along-side their cavalry and machine gun brigade bri-gade in stemming the tide of Hun invasion. inva-sion. :On Thursday,, though tired from a march that permitted little rest before be-fore the battle, "nhey went over the top with the unbeatable spirit of the men who fought arfd died at Ypres, on ihe Somme and in a dozen glorious fields. It was a clear, starry night, with the faint light of dawn touching the eastern east-ern sky. Of a sudden, with one deafening deafen-ing pulse, the roar of guns broke out. Far to the right was the flicker of the French seventy-fives and the American field guns and heavies. Immediately on the Canadian flank the Australians put up a great show in a sector where they had fought fur several days past. Beyond Be-yond them the imperial troops were in action. . . , Ibe Americans and British have now advanced beyond their objectives north of the Somme. The whole of the Chip-tilv Chip-tilv spur is now in their possession after fighting of the most desperate character. charac-ter. The nsnaities of the Americans were not more thai: was to be expected, considering con-sidering the bitterness of tho fighting. LINE IN PICARDY IS SOLIDLY HELD BY ANGLO-FRENCH FARIS, Aug. 10. Anglo-French troops have gained the ascendencv. Tho mo in Picardy is held solidly by in-lanti-y. Cavalry skirmishers are well in advance of it and preparing tho way for further progress. The Germans are relying on machine !iis to stem tho allied tide, not wish-"g wish-"g to risk capture of their artiilerv. rile enemy is defending himself with VJ'erate courage wherever the position atMs means and the officers are Kl'ounng down any soldiers who show symptoms of quitting. The enemy is fighting against time time for the Herman command to try t" readjust itself and to limit the con-'equene.c con-'equene.c of the blow. -Military observers here sav the problem prob-lem facing the rival commanders is ea "y defined. Marshal Foch struck at 'Ho pomr, whore the army group of trown Prince Kupprecht " of' JSavaria Bii the (ie-nian crown prince joins, obliging the enemy hurriedly to'reor-Canize to'reor-Canize the higher command' and to Pace the aimies of (ronorals von der fM1'2 !ln(' V" Hutier ull,lt'r one lkis operation has tempera rilv thrown L" Germans off their balance and it their object now to regain it. 1 hat there must be a change in the Jrcanjxisitiona generally between the wo have attacked Gorman positions on the'rifjht and left of tho road from St. JuBt-en-Chaussee to Roye, on a front of more than thirteen miles. We conquered Tiollot, Orvillcrs-Sorol, Kcssons-sur-Mntz, Conoliy-lfS-Pots, lalj Neuvllle-sur-Ressons and Klein-court, Klein-court, realizing at some points an advance ad-vance of nearly seven miles. In three days of batllo French troops havo processed nearly fourteen four-teen miles alone the Amiens-Itoyo roaI. The number of prisoners taken during the eame period exceeds S00O. Among ihe enormous niHlerial abandoned aban-doned by the enemy, we have counted up to tho present time 200 guns. Eastern front. Aur. 9 In Albania there have been pa.Lrol encounters that yielded us some prisoners. Our aviators have bombarded enemy encampments en-campments in tho region of Pogradok and British aviators have dropixd l)ombs on tho railroads In the region of Ceres. Yankee Aviators Are Victors. WIT IT TIIR ANfEP-ICAX ARMY ON TIIK VKSLK, Auk. 10. (Ky the Associated Asso-ciated Press) In a battle in the air he-tweon he-tweon twelve (ierman and five American Ameri-can airplanes, lieutenants Wa.lter Averv of Columbus, Ohio, anil Harold Ruckiey of Arawjim, M;jsh., each brought down a German. There were no casualUeii among the Americans. Austria Claims Successes. VIKNW'A, via London. Aue. 10. Thi Austrian ofheial communication today says: Relween Canove and Asia'O entente allied troops, advunclnk' In dense waves, were thrown bac( everywhere every-where with heavy Iohsch. Knemy at-tai'ks at-tai'ks to extend the posllion held on Monte Asolone broke down. Many Wounded Germans Taken. WITH THE URITISTf ARMY IN KRANCK, Auk. 10. The present batlJe has brought more German wounded to (Continued on Page Seven.) ing. as the dawn Increased the visibility became poor. A dense fog swept down the valleys. While this was protection against machine ma-chine gunners, it greatly increased the difficulty of tho troops finding their way over unknown ground. In the first day s fighting the Canadian losses were not unduly heavy. One unit had rather heavy casualties in its first attack, but succeeded in taking its objectives ob-jectives after the tanks had come to its reinforcements. TEUTONS FEARFUL OF BOMBARDMENT BY U. S. AIRMEN AMSTERDAM, Aug. 10. Apprehension that there will be extensive bombardment bombard-ment of German cities by swarms of American airplanes have moved the Vienna correspondent of the Berlin Tae-blatt Tae-blatt to seek the opinion of t lie chief commander of the Austro-l-lunffarian air forces. That official offered the following follow-ing comfort lo German city dwellers: "The American idea of constructing' a hose number of standard type flying machines with slandard motors is absurd. ab-surd. Kven if the Americans succeeded in combining the best features of the newest existing- type by. two-Cold, it would not follow that such a composite machine would be most useful in the European war theater. As lor the American threat that 20.000 machines are cominir over, every practical practi-cal airman knows that it is humbug1. American machines appear only sporadically sporadic-ally on the west front and neither the men nor machines are equal to the Germans." Ger-mans." TANKS AGAIN IN EVIDENCE IN FIGHT; ALLIES GO FORVARD WITH TUB BRITISH A Ti M V TN Fll ANv'K, A uir. 10. (.Hy The Associated l',.rSS) i;rit isii tanks have been seen well to the cast of Meharicourt. Streams of German transports are si ill g-nnp eastward. Two new German divisions have been enjraicd by the advancing allies. al-lies. Information received from prisoners indicates that iho fighting may soon become be-come heavier. Because the allies i-ained all their objectives ob-jectives it is possible tho enemy dees not "know where he was beaten. Tt is therefore there-fore inadvisable to disclose exactly where the allies are opera tinir. It may be said, however, that the British infantry ami tanks reached the points, they intended to attain and this morning they are holding consolidated liiws nlon the front. The allied forces captured many towns, a large quantity of material and a complete com-plete German divisional headquarters -ind staff. This headquarters was captured cap-tured at Lihone. The number ot prisoners prison-ers this momir.g is eV.se to LrM. North of t he Somme. t he a lues, ai tor taking; Ghipilly spur have gone on, driv ing the enemy before them. Numerous tanks and "whippets" assisted the advancing ad-vancing infantry. Further south, the French advanced rapidly and increased their number of prisoners as they pushed their line for- ward- n v i The Germans are now well hack toward to-ward the Somme, south of Peroune. With this stream at their back and the allied guns and airplanes pouring- shells into the crossings over the Somme, the position of the enemy is serious. PARIS NEWSPAPERS HINT AT ENORMOUS LOSSES BY TEUTONS PARIS, Aug. 10. (Havas) Several newspapers hint this morning that the official war statements are purposely ret-icent ret-icent and that very interesting news might be made public if the war office chose. They say that the number of prisoners pris-oners is far above the figure authprita-Livelv authprita-Livelv announced. French and British light troops, patrols and armored cars are operating far beyond be-yond the points mentioned in the official offi-cial statements. The infantry is following follow-ing untiringly and in sufficient masses to crush all attempts made by the enemy to counter-attack. The majority of the prisoners so far taken are rather old, which the newspapers news-papers say shows that the secondary divisions di-visions were holding the line. The number num-ber of officers is very large, while fully one-half of the guns behind the German Ger-man lines have been captured. The frankness with which the Germans Ger-mans admit defeat is attributed to the fact that, the retreating army in Picardy Is commanded by Crown Prince Rupprecht Rup-precht and not by the German crown prince. FRENCH DISPLAY" DASH AND VIGOR IN NEW BATTLE WITif TITR F11KNGU ARVV IX FR A NCK. Aug. 10 ( By the Associated Press. Noon). The Gnr.a ns at Montdidier Montdi-dier are eaucht between the laws of a vise which were closing in this morning. morn-ing. Converging attacks from the north yesterday and from ;lie ou;h this morning morn-ing had succeeded in. virtually encirchng tho town. They bad also rendered useless to the Germans the Montdidier-Ch.-i':!nes railway, rail-way, which was the only line feeding the front at the bottom of the Montdidier pocket. The forces remaining there were i n da Hirer of not getting out without hcivy losses. The supplies taken during the past two days has been so hi rce' that it has rot bren possible to make an inventory of it ! s yet. It includes a n enormous num-i'er num-i'er of shells of ail calibers and arms of all description. The attack extended to the eastward this morning, giving an unexpected development de-velopment in the French participation ni the battle. The wounded men coming back from the front are radiant with enthusiasm, en-thusiasm, shouting to their comrades, "the boche is on the run." The French have captured twenty-one cannon since last night, including six eight-inch guns at LaNeuville-Sur-Res-sons. The Germans had moved the most of their heavy guns to the rear and defended de-fended their positions at Montdidier principally prin-cipally with machine guns. In this new battle of the Somme the' French are showing that, after four yer-rs of war, they have lost none of their dash and courage. They have also proved that tho Genua ns are not always able to plead surprise as an excuse for defeat. de-feat. Tho French successes north of Montdidier were partially due to surprise, but the Germans were aware of the impending im-pending attack south of the town. They wero defeated just the same. Attacking at 6 o'clock. last evening, the French troops conquered the heights of A ssainvillers and Rubecourt in two hours. This morning they struck along the line down the front through the region of Mery, southeast of Montdidier, and moved their line ahead more t ban four miK-s, taking Faverolles by storm. MUST PROTECT THE AMIENS RAILROAD, LLOYD GEORGE SAYS IJONJX)N". via Montreal. Aug. n. Speaking at a luncheon today at Newport, New-port, Monmouthshire. Premier Uoyd (irjorge emphasized the importance of the pushing back of the Germans from within jun range of the Amiens railway. rail-way. "Hundreds of trains mod to pass through Amiens daily," the premier said, "bvit we were temporarily deprived of its i:.-e until recently, when we were ahks to employ twenty trains daily. "Amiens is now sa f e r toc h t h e re-ront re-ront allied- triumphs en the Marne and the Somme. w'r.wh were, due to the unit v of command. Thest: two great victories Ivive resul; e.J in tho. ca ptnre of I c; ween hfty thousand and sixty thousand prisoners prison-ers an. I between c-ht hundred ami nine hundred guns." FRENCH CAPTURE MONTDIDIER, WITH VAST MATERIALS' LONDON". Aug. pi. Mont Tidier U-W lo ! lie Fretv. h Firl army, w rr.r-'.i y,- hn opv rating south of M .r. t ri u: ier, n ord i ml-to ml-to the BrUish wa r o: m-e anr.-v. n (;: m- ni tonight. Many prisoners and grtat oumi-tiV.es oumi-tiV.es of material were take-': hv' th Frneh. The general line reiebed bv ',)f allies in The AiberL-MonT.p.rp.-r f-w:".r row r;;r,s from Lihons to Fresnny-ios-R .ve Pp'-niercs Pp'-niercs and Com-hy-lcs-Pot s. The ' state ment added that the number of prisoners was increased. The text of the communication follows: "The at Lack launched yesterday evening, in accordance with the allied plan of operations op-erations on our right. by the French First army south of Montdidier was developed de-veloped by our allies this morning with complete success. Enveloped from the north and from the southeast. Montdidier fell into the hands of the French before-midday, before-midday, together with many prisoners and grea t quantities of material. "During the remainder of the day the advance of the French First army continued, con-tinued, with the co-operation of the French army on its right and the right wing of the British Fourth army. Pressing Press-ing hard upon the retreating German troops south of rdhons, the British troops have overcome the enemy's resistance and made substantial progress. "The general line reached by tho allied troops now runs virtually north and south from Lihons to J1 esnoy-les-Roye, Lig-nieres Lig-nieres and Conch y-les-Pots. The number num-ber of prisoners was increased." CROWN PRINCE IS ACCUSED OF BEING CAUSE OF DISASTER LONDON, Aug. 10. Renter's Limited correspondent wit n tne Brit ish army in France sends the following dispatch concerning con-cerning the Cicrman crown prince: "According to the statements of prisoners, pris-oners, the German crown prince appears to be the most unpopular leader in the German army. He is accused by them of being directly responsible for The Marne disns-er. They say that the opinion is widelv expressed by German soldiers that the crown pn net's amateurish interference interfer-ence with the plans of their experienced generals was the starting point for the present crushing misfortunes of the German Ger-man armies." HUN WAR OFFICE ADMITS REVERSES AND WITHDRAWAL EFRI.IN. via London. Ai;r. M. "In the oeiii-r cf ib.o l.;:t::e fn-nt the enr-my h.-.s md y round '.-ooir: J Icsiei arid I la n-sriy.s n-sriy.s tho t : : i o : . i-i con:rr. n n i ualion from L-fricral hcadnnarters tonic:)! . ":r countr-r-aLtacK.-, brought him to a standst:!! wc.-q of Lihons and east of the Kosier-s-Arviiiers lir.". "i'uricg thf- niLhi v:e withdrew our trnons l.i.lin- on .vre and on Pom brook to i:.e rear lines east r.f Mnndidier. I out ilea st of M on ; d id ier w repulsed j strong p.irt;.il nt- ks of ihe Frem-h. We .-ho: down ihirty-i-wo airpiar.es ovr t.ie j "There has been livppy activity on the I part of the pr.emy between the Yser and I the Ancr-. At many points on this front the en'-mv launched thrusts and partial r t attacks, which were repulsed before our lines in hand-to-hand lighting. "Yesterday the British and French, bringing strong reserves into action, continued con-tinued their attacks on the whole battle front between the Ancre ajid tho Avre. "On bo tli sides of the Somme and astride the Foucaucourt-Villers Breton -neux road we threw the enemy back by counter-attacks. He suffered heavy losses here." ALLIED SUCCESSES ARE ATTRIBUTED TO SURPRISE ATTACKS AMSTERDAM, Aug. 10. The Anglo-French Anglo-French successes are at tributed to their surprise a4 tacks and the presence of a thick fog over the ba.t tie field, according to a Berlin telegram received here quoting quot-ing a semiofficial German news agency. "Notwithstanding the exceedingly favorable fa-vorable ground for the movement of great masses of troops and the operations opera-tions of tanks, the initial success of the Anglo-French armies under Field Marshal Haig have not surpassed the limits which usually result from a first day's offensive." offen-sive." the agency declares. "A certain loss in guns and prisoners In such circumstances cir-cumstances is unavoidable, but the enemy en-emy has not reached any of his strategic goals. His gain of ground Is the less important, because it comprise' no consolidated con-solidated system of defense, but was maneuvering ground where the fighting, which started March 21, has not yet come to a conclusion." Another emiorririal utternm-t telegraphed tele-graphed from Berlin says Field Marshall Haig undertook th: attack to restore the badly tarnished military prestige of Great Britain, and asserts that, "as usual, the brunt of the battle was not borne by the Fnglish, but by Canadians and Australians." Aus-tralians." FRENCH ADVANCE SIX MILES ALONG EXTENDED FRONT PARIS, Aug. 10. The Frenrh, advancing advanc-ing eastward after their capture of Montdidier Mont-didier at mlnday, have advanced their lines t o an average depth ot six miles on a front rxtMiding from Andenhy, whih is seven miles northeast of Montdidier, Mont-didier, to Klinoourt, lying ten miles southeast south-east of the captured city, according to the war office statement issued tonight. The text follows: On the A vre battlefront, our a t-taeks t-taeks continued all day with incra-ing incra-ing success. A Per the morning's operations Mors t d it! ier. ou t flanked on tho east and the north, ted into our hands. Continuing our victorious advanced ad-vanced on the rifjrht of the British forces, we carried our line: nearly seven miles to the east of Montdidier op. a front running from Andeehy to Lahotssi ere and JVpca rnps. Still enlarging our action southeast, HUNS RETREAT JUL0H6 LIKE; LOSE HEAVILY; (Continued from Page Five.) Ihft ft 11 1 rfi r.nft'inlty clririni; ft;itinn llian there ai' wouu'lcf anirmK the Hilled ?--diers. Many G'-nntin '!o:torn an Jio--p- i lal attentl.'iTita hnv lif--n vnlir' nu they are 'Jonic cr'r'fi f-crvie in atw-jjiiins.: the wo'jriOp'l. Sin'f July IS lh 'I'titkius h-i n Invt. ai f nost ;i s n;u f h m;t : : i in a. they capturt-rj in their hif? offf-riHive railler . in the year. |