| Show HUNS ON THE RUN montdidier MONT DIDIER FALLS TO alwebb ALLIES AND GERMANS ARE RETREAT ING TO THE SOMME americans aid in rolling back line enemy being unable to stop the victorious allies in latest drive toward berlin carls purls the french have driven tho the germans before them thein tor for till an important gain enst cast or of in ili 11 cardy that city which was the alie apex of a german that hint now biow tills lins been wiped out fell to the lie french fourth briny nt fit saturday before nightfall the lie victorious french forces had tilt carried tile the battle line onward tonn nn average depth of six mills oil A front or of approximately twenty tittle links in life three days of 0 engagements hat in tile of mont didler tilt lie french took prisoners their capture also included WO guns fill aind mi enormous nino of crushed liy by the impact of the isbit hill frent h tind american offensive on f the battle line front albert nort northeast beast r of if Ain akiens amiens fens to olse u river north of coln coin plagne german forces tire lire stream intz back toward oward the die soi idine river and tilt nesle no boyon noyon oil final canal so far us its can call her bor debol determined tile the enemy Is in III full retreat III all long along tile lie front ahe lie allies flung themselves fill letter part of tile wt ok the drive of tile lie past week in ile ilc ardy wot was n R comple tv success the real offensive wits lauti elied from the diorec tion lion within theoa days after th aliu arell ell and americans laid aven definitely failed tit at tin tile nie river over before tile crown lit itice could send back any divisions to cleardy ih alic british find french cli swept forwar ir resistibly with lind little its as tile piece re ilu resistance of their drive with Al illers its as a center the british ih struck to the north and south their northern flails of tick ren readied clied almost to albert bouth irn ern to south of that the frenchi were really ready for attack near and ami morelli il abere heavy re il stanro was to bo be the iselt ish attack cil without artillery preparation the french bombarded tile vileay for about 45 nit minutes before moving forward to tile alic assault 1 I ilien lic ii they took Morl sol find in severe fighting tit the BrIth li australians and allot idd itean forward boullt oui I 1 I 1 of if tile alti alib fixx nf wedge lh uzl toward Ito the first day they did not who flint town which Is 19 nebout Alt seven ivon or eight miles enst of villers nit they tallied gained positions beyond it 11 to on oil their left hunk tho the did gilld not inake progress north or of lite hie somme Soni ine and on oil tile t day of if the Ille fighting they lost loat cill pilly on that day however the rek Istance to 0 o if lie was broken by the h find and french Fren cli who abegail to get tiler into a pocket to tl tle e north in ili the center the brit ish with C canadians anad lans and nm continued to gain toward after occupying at americans were in own into the iglic friday afternoon all and with the still or op the british hi recaptured it on oil aalur illy day they A ome distance beyond ChI chipilly pilly and in alle region reelon ily by tills faille tile lie en lines hall been so seriously shuttered aliat liat it 11 general retirement to it n wholly new liew title line wits was imperative indeed tilt high coill in maud mand probably had given the order fur for tills ills ved retirement rement on oil the lie first or second illy of lio lie light but even evell toils til timely liely provision failed to prevent the allies fron from capturing hundreds ds of cannon till and thousands of prisoners the american Ainer lenn drive lit in the marna salient was tit lie turning point of the war but it Is im doubtful whether it oh it tattled tit alia fruits that hut would seem been to bo be tile inevitable sequence of tile liu aranco l ranco victory lit in which tho 4 tire are successfully participating both battles have been entente successes seg in it a special sense on oil tin the 1 I tile ins front tho lio crench find americans have len boc nil tiling ing tit at ilia hie enemy hut but lit in lie process ahey have established bonte strong across the vesta river from which lucli ll cli to con continue tintie choir operations if lie he germans retreat to tho ho hindenburg title line there here wit will I 1 ia be no e chance of holding thi the line file of the ilia vesle and if the lie crown prince will withdraw attempting to 0 o try conclusions lilt tile french find and americans south of the alsbie ity by it ittin of their air ilio lie nelles in 1111 watch every or of the enemy its as if lie file entire battle were being thrown upon a moving picture pleam o screen tile the el enemy leilly meantime Is it ll II have be beon been on downed lit in suen min ibers that lint liv he cannot tell tho li opposing corces i arces tire doing or planning |
