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Show TIDE OF DEFEAT 1 MiNSTH UN S 1 Entire German Front From Ypres to Soissons Now Ser- iously Menaced. HI j (By the Associated Press) illlf The tide of defeat still surges hear- Ml ily against the German armies in llils France and Flanders. On four im- m 19 portant sectors French and Britisht M H arms again have been served, and tha ffllli entire German front from Ypres in Will Belgium to Soissons, on. tho Aisne, i jU now Is more seriously menaced than ffifHS before. , iw IB French troops of General Mangin, Wl operating from the region two mllea ml northwest of Soissons to tho Oise riv- m er, and those of General Humbert, K fighting between tho Oise and thq It, Matz, have materially pushed forwanj W1 and may compel the Immediate evac- 'IS uation of the entire Sommo-Oise sal- Vj ient from Braye to Noyon. wjj Farther to tho north between A1- K bort and Arras. Field Marshal Halg jMj has followed up his successes of pre- Wt vious days by a new offensive over a: Mr i front of about ten miles and driven It forward his troops for splendid gain mi over the entire line, capturing a num- S ber of villages, taking guns and in- Si fllcting heavy casualties. Still farther north in the famous Lya V sector, a general eastward advance on mm a front of more than four miles has jffl been made by the British, who havo 11 brought their positions appreciably SI nearer the old 1916 battle lino running fiS east of Armentleres. le Numerous additioal villages have! w been liberated by the French north-t W cast of Soissons and positions have 'S been captured on both sides of tho Ju Oise river which seemingly make Noy- jW uu uiiiuj-iiiuii;. j.uaL iuyyii is uuLua.nb.ea jmi on tho southeast and dominated by If tho French guns from the south and, H wesL On the south the French aro ' standing in Sempigny, a mile and a. B half distant, while on tho west they; H have captured the town of Lassigny Mr tho key position to Noyon and tha 111 plains to the north. ffi With the latest advances by tho B' French east of the Oise there, has W has come under the range of Gen- W eral Mangin's guns the broad guago rav railway lino leading from Noyon east- U ward to LaFere the solo remaining line except for two narrow gaugo roads, over which the enemy may jktf transport his men and supplies beyond the range of tho French artillery. w At last accounts Haig was still Mji pressing forward on the heels of tho wK Germans between Albert and Arras, Hj; with tanks innumerable clearing the. 9i: way. The Arras-Albert railway nl- Bl; ready has been crossed by tho Brl- ( tish east of Boislieux-SL Marc and l Mercatel, and south of these towns lij the new line has been pressed easU It ward. If , On the Lys salient the Germans Kj have delivered a violent counter-at- ii j tack in an endeavor to recoup in part iHt f the losses they have sustained. Kj Their efforts were fruitless for tha Del British pushed back the enemy bei B yond his points of departure. Bj What Is to be the effoct of the al- BJ lied drives along the 120-mile battle (Hi line from Ypres to Soissons cannot bo Bf foretold at present, but it seems high- Bf ly probable that this entire front soou M must be realigned. This particular Hi menace to the Germans, aside from MA that in the territory between the IH Somme and tho Oise, appears to be MI on the sector along the Veslo river B from Soissons to Rheims, which from nij the war maps, looks to bo untenable. Bj Even tho Aisne and the Chemin des m Dames do not appear to be any too wj safe for a defense line if General Man- jvi gin presses much further northwest o jlll Soissons. yfl |