Show Hun Machine Gunners G nn rs I m Resist Until Un il Killed By Associated Press ress PARIS Aug 14 The H. The battle m to now may seem to be stagnant stag stagnant nant but the French have pushed nearer to the Chaulnes Roye Chaulnes Roye Chaulnes Roye-Lassigny- Roye Noyon line to which the Germ Germans ns are clinging desperately It took the allies allie's a fortnight to get the Germans from the Marne to the Vesle The ground between the theA A Avre vre and the Oise Olse Is much more difficult difficult dif iff than north of the Marne being being being be be- ing a labyrinth of small wooded hills In and out of which the troops have to worm themselves surrounding and reducing each summit separately ana anaI I successively It Is no easy task because be be- because ca cause se the enemy laid out his positions positions positions I Ion long ago so he Is able to defend them with groups of picked machine gunners who have orders which they they- invariably obey to the letter to resist resist resist re re- re- re until killed Consequently every Inch of ground requires not only great determination in overcoming but experienced experienced experienced ex ex- ex- ex skill Tuesdays TuesdaY fighting put the more than a mile north of Cambronne close to and Camay farms which are two big machine gun nests The French left advancing on Lassigny Lassigny Las- Las signy met with vigorous resistance north of St. St Claude farm and north lof I of Mareuil Mareuil-Lamotte However they succeeded in fighting their way through the woods and moved their line yards northeast of Gury North of or Gu Gury y they reached reach d the I southern end of Loges wo wood wood anI and also penetrated penetrate the park belonging to the I chateau of de Roye Roye- They j also reach reached d Belval between pr de Roye and Thiescourt I The enemy still holds the greater I I part of Thiescourt wood and the for plateau plat au o of Plem nt I I The French now have advanced their line Une to within less than a mile and a half of Lassigny It will undoubtedly unI undoubtedly un un- require A tremendous effort to capture either eitner Lassigny or Roye I The fall of Roye would automatically cause the evac evacuation aton of Lassigny I |