Show EG ISTRA TI 0 N 0 A Y FIXED 4 ii r D C I L t I. I tO o Ke tZ 1 CaS l I ure d by J. J British Troops Troop Troops s DOMINATING HEIGHT IN L LYS YS SALIENT IS TAKEN FROM BOCHE Capture of ot Other Points Accelerates Retreat of H Forces Are S Surrounding Surrounding Sur- Sur Enemy Haigs Haig's ig's Rapidly r. r I rounding Town of Peronne By Associated Press Ke Kemmel the height dominating virtually all the tha northern northern northern north ern side of the Lys salient in Flanders is again in the hands of the British Dispatches to London state that this famous hill hm for I which the Germans paid a terrible price i iq ill April and which was wa defended to tile the death by the allies has has- been captured There ar are evidences the enemy's retreat from the Ly Lys salient nt is being accelerated the British having t taken the station of Bailleul as well wel as Mount Lille Litle to the east and being in possession of the I bank of the Lawe river from Ville Chapelle to Lestrem on the southern south rn side of the salient In n certain Vital sectors of tIis this battle batile area the British have t gained from one to two miles during the last day North of the Arras road the British have occupied the S sf S. Servins farm close to the highway and have moved into the I village v nage of to the northeast nor This village is oi the east kank of pf the river and its capture m marks the passage of that but t waterway at vit gf i t s Je t IC Islo omme to o the the f lj s be beth been h taken from the Germans Advices s. s reaching ung London alO al state that Mont St. St Quentin a mile and a a. a half north of Pen Penhas Peronne h has been bien captured by the British This report would seem to cate Peronne is being surrounded by the British Field Marshal Mar Mai Haigs Haig's men having forced their way across the Somme to the the thes the's s south uth of Peronne yesterday There is hard fighting g going ing on south of Soissons Ameri American n nI I arid lid French Fr to the dorni ps striving capture high plateau that nates nate tHe trie Aisne and valleys and also ende endeavoring to for forCe e the their r way further toward Chateau le an important concentration concentration concen concen- tra tion point Poin t between en the Oise and th the ilette l I I I By Ass Associated Press LONDON LONDON A Aug g. g 31 1 10 p. p m Mont m. m Mont Ke the stronghold southwest of Ypres which was the tle scene of terr terrific fighting German offensive in Flanders late in n April has be been n captured by by bythe h British according to advices from the front Mont St. St Quentin a mile and a half north of Peronne ha has been taken by Field Marshal Haigs Haig's forces French troops hoops made a sm small advance on the river and andI andin andun I un in that neighborhood occupying the southern outskirts of the w wood od r yards yards' ards southwest of le Coucy r r. r In In the Lys salient the British hold La and i. i and are west of Doulieu u at No j. j V Field Marshal Haigs Haig's forces also have progressed a. a mile arlda half east of Bailleul British troops also have taken Monte Mont de and Kemmel lemmel emmel hill hilL |