Show TWO DAYS FIGHTING PENE HUN LINES TO DEPTH OF THIRTEEN MILES french and english make great gains during past week and keisers kaisers Kai sers army Is withdrawing to new line of defense alth the army in france the germans have been dealt one blow after another during the past week but the feature probably of greatest interest to the american people was the determined attack of the american troops under the direct command of general pershing upon the germans in the st salient the primary objectives were quickly reached the tallent was cleared of the enemy and the americans are ao pushing forward in the direction t metz the great german fortress for taken from the french nearly halt a century ago the movement Is one of the master strokes of the whole war for if alie germans lose metz and the briery iron mines diey will be greatly handicapped in their efforts to withstand future attacks to be made by the allied forces on al the fronts in atto days of fighting the americans penetrated alie german lines to a depth of thirteen miles and captured numerous towns and villages the number of prisoners taken exceeds which Is approximately the strength of two enemy divisions the french troops also were active in various other sectors and on saturday morning field marshal foch taun cheu an attack aimed at the st gobald massif defending alie german citadel of loan the attack was made on both sides of the river allette and to the region of tle tl e aasne aisne to the south and southwest alie important height montres banges and the towns of annemone Ann emont and sancy have been taken and the advance at this point threatens the right flank of the cheman des dames on alie aasne front the french are re reported to be making satisfactory progress halg hammering at huns field marshal balg jias continued his successful operations on the british front during the week there has stiffening of german resistance in the north and the british have re pulsed repeated counter attacks making slight gains from time to time the so called hindenburg line has been crossed at one or two points and the military critics have predicted the withdrawal of the keisers kaisers army to a new line of defense as tar back as the meuse river Is one of the british objectives but it Is also the evident purpose of field marshal to regain possession of the french coal mines and manufacturing cities in northern france there has beep some activity on the italian front for some time past artillery duels being constant and raids frequent no battles have been fought and no advantage gained by either side chaotic conditions continue to prevail in russia petrograd Petro grad was reported burning a few days ago and it was said the people were being massacred by wholesale later reports were to the effect that the capital aty had been taken by the antl revolutionists one of the london papers claimed to have authentic information that the former empress and her four daughters had been assassinated sy the bol but the atory has been officially denied |