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Show without interference and readied the new allied line, which is virtually the same as that occupied before the German retreat in Ularch, 1917. ALLIES MAKING SLIGHT GAINS ON BELLOY SECTOR By the Associated Press. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, June 13. The allies have ob- , tained such a firm hold on the ground they recaptured In the vinicity of Belloy that they have been able to make a slight additional advance in that region. Small detachments of Germans who had hidden in cellars are still coming out and surrendering. sur-rendering. All the troops who participated in the Fight declare that the allied tanks did remarkable re-markable work. As the monster caterpillars got among the great masses of the enemy they did terrible execution with their cannon and machine guns, while the infantrymen, who followed them closely, were able to pick up batches of dismayed Germans who had evidently not expected the assault as-sault In this quarter. While this work was being carried out on the ground, squadrons of big bombing airplanes circled about, dropping bombs and using their machine guns with great effect. Gunner's of enemy batteries were shot down and some of tlie batteries were put out of action. As ha? been foreseen, the allied commander-in-chief found it advisable to retire re-tire from the sharp salient south of Noy-j Noy-j on, where his troops were in a dangerous position owing to the arrival of the Germans Ger-mans at Riberourt. Tlie evacuation of Oursr-amp and Carlepont Carle-pont forests was accomplished without the enemy knowincr that the allied troops I had withdrawn. The detachments covering cover-ing the retirement also slipped away |