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Show vx-tap-v will be eannot vet be gati"e.l, but hat i t v. L ! 1 bo far-reaching appears rrrtaiH. The cnpinv cannot hold the esle lino, it is believed, but must re-eross re-eross the Aisne, since, hv the recapture or. Soissons, the allies are able to debouch de-bouch on both sides of the river and take him in the rear. The enemy seems to be perfectly aware of this, ile already set fire to bases at Kismes and Braisnes and a dozen other villages. , The German retreat began Friday morning after the fall of the Tardenoi's line. The Americans, in the center, marched toward tho Vesle down the Orilhon valley, while from Hartennes the French debouched into the Crise valley, taking in the rear the previously impregnable redoubt of Buzaney. tittle by little the movement quickened. quick-ened. The Dormans-Rheims road was left three miles behind, and Gueux. Poillv, Vozilly, Goussancourt and Cou-longes Cou-longes were passed at a bound. The fall of Soissons irrevocably decided de-cided the fate of the battle1. It was the pivot of the whole German line. Even admitting that the German left could cling to the narrow plain between the Vesle and the Aisne, the right wing could not have remained in the air, as its only supports are tho Soissons plateau pla-teau and the nearest spurs of the famous fa-mous Chemin-des-Dames. Thus the situation will revert to where it was at the end of September, Septem-ber, 1914. FOCH'S PLANS ARE WORKING OUT WITH GREA TEST PRECISION PAK1S, Aug. 3. Friday's splendid success is but a link in the chain of victories vic-tories since General Foeh launched his counter-offensive on July IS. . Rarely in war has a plan been followed out titli such clock-work regularity, and military opinion here is lost in admiration admira-tion of the Bplondid genius which corr-'P;vcd corr-'P;vcd it and of the masterly way in ''It ifli it is being carried out. What the consequence of yesterday's |