Show GERMANS FALLING BACK advance rapid on both banks of somme british going ging through sixteen mile front and french advancing four miles London The british and french troops are sweeping forward in the somme and olse oise sectors in france a and n d the G german er in a z i r retreat e tr eat which at first was slow and on narrow fronts seems to be gaining momentum in the latest advance by the 13 british was made over a front of sixteen six teen miles and by the french along a front of about aften miles and the entente allies have bae penetrated german positions in this new operation to a depth of irani from two to four miles Dap aume tor for many months described as aa a german stronghold now Is in the hands iii of the british troops having been wrested from tile the germans after what the british war office describes as stiff fighting it Is a mass of ruins from bapaume baraume the fortified fortl fled lines newly acquired by the british extend to the western outskirts outskirt of monchy conchy au bots bols from south of peronne Pc ronne the british have drawn a new nev line as far aar as fresnes fresnel Fr esnes in all they have taken possession bf fourteen villages in their new advance the french have taken up a new line between andechy and the 0 itse aa and have occupied tho the important to town W n of roye where they were entrust enthusiastically as greeted by the remaining civil population whom the germans left behind in their withdrawal and havo have reached certain points along the famous roye doyon noyon road in the early operations one by one small villages village were wera evacuated by the tha germans whose withdrawal was slow ly and watchfully followed by the brit lib consolidation of the now new positions and preparations tor for a further forward movement being most carefully nando in the last few days both tho the retreat ret relt and advance respectively have bavo been considerably accelerated |