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Show f Germans Swiftly Retire to Vesle River and Flee Across; Race for Old Positions. YANKEES ON HEELS OF FOE; FRENCH CAVALRY ACTIVE PARIS, Aug. 3. American troops hold the outskirts of Fismes, the great German base in the center of the Aisne-Marne salient, according ac-cording to the war office announcement tonight. The allies continued their successful advance today along a front of about thirty miles, toward the Vesle river. They have reached the southern banks of the Aisne and the Vesle, the line extending ex-tending from Soissons to Fismes. French cavalry patrols now are operating along the railroad between be-tween Soissons and Rheims. PARIS, Aug. 3. The latest news from the Soissons-Rheims front shows that the entente allied victory is growing swiftly in magnitude. It is significant that Paris refrains from exultation, 'but watches with feverish interest for every scrap of news, having earned that the progress of events is always ahead of the conservative conserv-ative official communications. , Particular significance is attributed by commentators to the crumbling of the right pivot of the German positions in the region of Soissons, which opens up great possibilities and provokes speculation specula-tion as to where the Germans will be able to reorganize tneir defenses. de-fenses. The comment generally dwells on the fact that this is a real entente en-tente victory, with French and Scotch forces under General Mangin, with American forces under General de Goutte and with English and French troops under General Barthelot. Military critics now look for the retirement of the German crown prince to the Chemin-des-Dames, where he probably will endeavor en-deavor to re-establish his lines. LONDON, Aug. 3. The British in the Albert sector, have recaptured recap-tured most of the ground previously held by the Germans west of the Ancre, according to Field Marshal Haig's report from British headquarters tonight. Numerous German attacks have been repulsed. re-pulsed. The text of the statement reads: During the course of the day our troops, driving back the enemy rear guards, continued their victorious march on a front of about fifty kilometers in the direction of the Vesle river. On our left our line extends along the southern banks of the Aisne and the Vesle, from Soissons as far as Fismes, the outskirts of which the Americans hold. East of Fismes we have reached a general line north of Courville, Branscourt, Courcelles and Champigny. Our cavalry patrols are operating along tho railroad between be-tween Soissons and Rheims. Our progress at certain points since yesterday exceeds ten kilometers. More than fifty villages have been delivered on this day alone. The statement says: The progress made by our patrols in the Albert sector has been continued and the greater part of the ground previously previ-ously held by the enemy west of the Ancre river now is in our possession. Our troops followed closely upon the enemy in his withdrawal, indications of which had previously been observed, ob-served, and a number of his dead have been found in his abandoned trenches. Early this morning strong hostile raiding parties, after an artillery and trench mortar bombardment, attacked our lines southeast of Hebuterne, but were completely repulsed. (Continued on Page Six.) HUNS RETREAT IN PANIC; YANKS CAPTURE FISMES (Continued from Page One.) Another hostile raiding party was dispersed by machine gun fire this morning east of Robecq. The hostile artillery has shown increased activity in the Kemmel sector. have advanced from Ventzel to a point south of Braienes. on the Vesle. The advance is continuing on the line farther to the east. Burning villages in the area north of the Vesle river, betwen Muzon and St. Thierry, indicate that a further withdrawal with-drawal of the German force Is Intended. Fourteen large fires have been observed. The important center of Fismes is in flames and there are great conflagrations in two villages to the northwest of that town. The retirement of the forces of -the German crown prince now appears to be very rapid. There has not been a great deal of fighting and It is unlikely that any large captures of prisoners will be reported. East of Hheims French forces have made an important recovery of ground near St. Hilaire. French cavalry are on the Vesle river between Champigny and Jonchery, north and northwest of Rheims. Up until 11 o'clock this morning the allies had not crossed the river at any point. All the bridges over the Vesle have ben destroyed. SOISSONS-RHEMS SALIENT CUT OUT BY ALLIED FORCES The great salient between Soissons !ni Kheims, on the Aisne-Marne front, in which terrific fighting has been going go-ing on for two weeks, has been virtually cut out by the allied forces. French cavalry patrols now are operating along the railroad running between these two cities, constituting the two pivotal points of the previous German advance; American troops hold the outskirts of Flumes, the great supply base of the German army, which the" enemy strove with utmost strength and determination determina-tion to hold; allied advance guards have reached the southern bank of the Aisne, and the force of the combined thrusts of French, British and Americans appears ap-pears great enough now to drive the Germans back eveu beyond the Aisne to the heights of the Chemin-des-Dames, where powerful defenses must then be faced. Both east and west the allies on Saturday Sat-urday increased the speed of their advance, ad-vance, a distance of more than six miles forward being gained at certain points. The line now has been so straightened as to escape the danger which previously threatened the southern south-ern bend from Soissons of being enfiladed. en-filaded. Notwithstanding the difficulties confronting con-fronting them, the allies arc bringing up their puns almost as fast as the (Jer-maus (Jer-maus are withdrawing theirs, and all the roads over which the Germans are retiring are being subjected to the heaviest heav-iest bombardments. Coineidentally, the British have regained re-gained important ground west of the Ancre river, where the enemy also is retreating. ENEMY'S WHOLE CAMPAIGN WRECKED. BY GENERAL FOCH By Universal Service staff correspondent. WITH THE AMERICANS OS TH 10 OURCQ, August 2. (Delayed.) Upon the heels of the advance guard of the American Ameri-can infantry, which followed French cavalry cav-alry reconnoitering patrola seeking contact con-tact with the retreating enemy, I entered en-tered Chamery today, where, according to German, newspapers, Lieutenant Quen-tin Quen-tin Roosevelt was buried, after he had been shot down on July 14. I did not find a grave marked as young Roosevelt's resting place, but 1 did discover one without a cross in a shell -era tered field, a furlong northwest by west of the hamlet, which probably is his grave, for a hundred yards awr.y ' I saw the burned debris of an airplane, and the hill top might have been Quen-tin's Quen-tin's landing place. Not a line was written on the cross, and the grave was not cared for in any way. Scouring around the hamlet I discovered dis-covered In a burial plot the graves of German officers in rows of fives, it is possible that Roosevelt's grave was decorated. dec-orated. The cross and inscription may have been removed, us was done with Rich thof en's grave. Both sides usually bury aviators, marking the spot by a cross made of propeller blades. No civilians remained in Chamery. Two wounded Germans were found in a hay loft. They died without regaining enough strength to speak. I attempted to reoonnolter the adjacent adja-cent terrain, but the enemy was shelling the neighboring village of Le Moncei heavily. Meanwhile, the Germans are setting fire to towns and villages and ammunition dumps in the course of their retreat. The enemy retreated stealthily, favored by the rain which did not permit per-mit aerial reconnaissance. The Americans swept through the forest for-est of Nesles and then took Cohan and VON BOEHM GIVEN CREDIT FOR SUCCESS OF RETREAT reached along the front from Pommlers, west of Soissons. to Venizel, on the east of that town. Farther east the allies have reached the district of Serches, Couvrelles and Cerseuil. Cavalry patrols have arrived at the river Vele, in the vicinity of Champigny and Jonchery, finding all the bridges cut or burned by the Germans. Just west of Rheims the aJlles have reached or are approaching Tinqueax, Thillois. Gueux and Rosnay, all lying In the neighborhood of the main road from Rouen to Rheims. Fires are illuminating the skies everywhere, the enemy burning everything as he retreats. More than forty conflagrations were counted during the night. BERLIN, via London, Aug. 3. The success suc-cess of the retrograde movements carried I out Friday by the German troops on the Aisne-Marne front are attributed by the German war office to the victory of General Gen-eral von Boehm's army on August 1. Allied Al-lied infantry and cavalry detachments are following the retreating Germans, "hesitatingly "hesi-tatingly and cautiously," the statement adds. The text reads: Southwest of Ypres we beat off a strong British partial attack yesterday yester-day morning. The great successes of the army of General von Boehm In the battle of August 1 contributed to the complete success of the movements carried out yesterday. The enemy's artillery fire was directed di-rected on our old fighting zone till early morning, and at Isolated points even up to 11 a. m. His infantry and j cavalry detachments only followed hesitatingly and cautiously our fore-field fore-field troops, who were slowly withdrawing. with-drawing. We inflicted considerable losses on the enemy in minor engagements. In Champagne we captured about 10i prisoner s in successful combats northwest of Houain. Series farms, scarcely capturing a prisoner, pris-oner, but finding abandoned batteries of three-inchers, numerous machine guns, and hundreds of thousands of shells, as well as millions of rounds of small arm ammunition. Striding northward, and thrusting the Germans further back north of the Marne, the Americans today practically placed the enemy out of range of gun fire on the main 1 'arin-Nancy railroad, which has been hitherto menaced between Jaulgonne and Dormans. This permits the reopening of one of the principal arteries feeding the French eastern armies. (Note: It was to cut off these armies and eventually encircle them that the Germans niade their ambitious d;ish across the Marne, July 15. At Chalons- I ) sur-Marne and Kpernay they prepared to establish a hue human block be- tween farls and all French armies east i ? of Rheims. Regaining control of the I t Fins-Nancy rat). Koch has completed ! the utter frustration of Ludendorf f's most f far -reaching western campaign plan. ) f At nightfall, despite a drenehtnir down- t pour. American infantry reached the ap- proximate line (deleted by censor). if GERMANS RETIRE RAPIDLY TOWARD THE AISNE RIVER LONDON, Aug. 3. On the main battle front, in the Soissons region, the French, after completing their occupation of Soissons, Sois-sons, have occupied the south bank of the Aisne. between Pommlers and Venizel, Ve-nizel, a dlsuince of approximately five and one-half miles, advices received today to-day show. i On the easterly side of the Solsons-Rheims Solsons-Rheims front, the line to which the allies al-lies have advanced runs, according to the latest advices, from Serzy et Prln and Slvlgny. both In the Ardre valley to the lushest point on the plateau between be-tween the Ardre and the Vesle. and thence to Rosnay. r.ueux and Thillois and on to the Vesle at St. Price, which is on the original line. On the northern end of the plateau to the southeast of SolssonB, the French FRENCH TROOPS REACH THE AISNE IN QUICK TIME ON THE FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE, Aug. 3, lfa. m. (By the Associated As-sociated Press The allied advance along the Soissons- Rheirr.s front continued throughout last night and this morning. The banks of the Aisne have been - Armored automobilea are closclv snp porting our infantry, cruthmg out "liidde machine gun nests. The cruwn prince' attempt to make a stand and n.iil th Franco-American forces in their traeki proved an utter failure. Alter he ha los-ied three ijuard divisions the Fir Imperial guards and the Fourth and Fift rOMrve guard into the st rugclo, an they hud been smashed and beaten an' thrown back, even Grrr;u recklr.ssnef of life could not afford to waste nior of the print of the kaiser's army. ARMORED CAR HAS , PLAYED IMPORTANT PART IN ADVANCE ON THE FRFNCI I FRONT I FRANCE, Friday, Aug dlavai Agency.) The -enrh armored ear hai takn an Important part in. recent opera-Hons. opera-Hons. Tacticians have worked out method which prehis to have solve.) th( prohlem of the rapid advance of artiilei- with Infantry- Thfy rt In constant touch with the commander of operations and eo-uperate with the aviation service, the artillery Hnd the Infantry by Ingenious signals. Carrier pigeons keep headquarters Informed In-formed ns to their proRresn. The machines tight in large formation, fnroilng batteries and groups. Batteries of light ears are easily coivea bible in shell holes and clumps of husliev They have hen pnrtlrularly useful In the present pres-ent ope rat Inns In dest roving machine-gun machine-gun nest and blockhouses and paralyzing counter-offensives. They also have op-crate,! op-crate,! Hk'Kinst enemy aitlliery. No one Is required to serve In cars. They are manned by volunteers. The French mobile f.tnks present a strtktng contrast to the German machines which have been captured. Smne of theso hnvtt heri examined hv t ho correspondent-They correspondent-They weigh thirty-five tons and are bad copies of English and French models. RETREAT OF HUNS GENERAL ON THREE SIDES OF SALIENT LONDON. Auk. 3. Th Grrinnn rc-trr.'it rc-trr.'it In pcnnral on all hrvo b'uca of the salient coiujurrrl by tlic Citiuhhw tnlay and thn nlllrn nro prosit iik rlur on ino lirols of tho rrJtrltifr ciirmy, nays Kon-trr'n Kon-trr'n (( irro.Hporn Ivn ( at l-'rciirh lnNiflnuar-t!rH, lnNiflnuar-t!rH, U-U-Kiiiphlng hL 11 u Vlo. k Friday niKtit. After thn fall nf S1noiih. tho rorrr-Bpotuli'nt rorrr-Bpotuli'nt rtdils, l-'rctn li hrAil-iimrtorM ro-rivd ro-rivd thn rutiiirK of villages ami wooiIa rrocfiipird by lh allb-.s witli almost lIMHlOli MlOUS I't'KUllirlt v. "I'r.ssliT wodiJ," lio cunt In nrs. "whb'h abuts tin- Solm'iiK-i 'luitt-au Thiei rv rujiil, wan tnnii'rl rally In th" ilay ami t'ho (!- , fftHlri RiirrouiirlPil. TM wood was t ho r-fiitrr of tho rn?niy rMlut a n and I lu flKhtlntr for It wa fvtiacrdiiiarMy blttiM'. I' artlirr imrt h thn J li i M di 1 1 oupn i-ms.srd thn S()l.-siirif-f 'Jia.t nan Tliirrry rvid and, prnnslntc through thi Cnnrols wood, wcro Roon morn than h mlln ca.sl of Vlllnrnon-toiro." Advance Important. WITH Til I-: A M K 1 ; H- A A KM Y ON Till-; AISNK-M AUNK Klt( NT, Krl.lav. An. 2, II 1 M. oy th AsNo.lat.1 r'rnHR). Much 1 u 1 1 i tam o ia attached to t h utlva of t he .ill In I furrrs on tho raafnrly able of I In- Solsaons- lOinlinn front to thn lino of ( J x and Thllloin. In polnl od n UM H'Tvltii; the iloiil'li' dti-Jft dti-Jft of i.rot.'rllrm Itlmlins ami rliolni: the allien In n .n.'ilti,.n lo , -ripple mill further thn HlrnHiIv bmlly erowtle.l ( Jrr ina n.-i In Ihrlr relieal tow.inls thi Vesle. VON HINDENBURG ADMITS FAILURE OF THE HUN PLANS I'OI-KN-IIACK.N. Auk. :i - l-'leld Marshal von 1 1 1 nil on hu rtf and (l.oienil I ,ii,li-uih.rfl reenh-r'd I ho (Jei lnan enrreapiMnh-ntH, ne-eorilhlK ne-eorilhlK to iiiHieew Irai lllllK hein, ' mwl (Ooiit.ttniflil on r.iKO Flftcoti.i ALLIES SWEEP Oil; TAKE FiFTY TOWNS (Continued From Page Six). openly admitted their strategic plans had failed. They asserted, however, that the Germans were still masters of the situation situa-tion and that the territories given to the enemy "were disposed of according to plans. If the battles were on German territory, they explained, it would be painful to give up villages, but the progress of the enemy, they declared, was without importance and would not affect the result of the world war.' "Von Hlndenburg said that the German soldiers would become just as easily accustomed to the Americans as they did to the black soldiers. |