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Show Morning Review of War Situation (By Tho Associated Press.) Their main positions east of Amiens shattered by tho Franco-British thrust, tho Germans continue to retreat with tho Allies in close pursuit. Tho enemy resistance on the ex-tennities ex-tennities of the attacking front has been broken. Aerial observers say tho Grmans are in full retreat eastward east-ward across the Picardy plains toward the old Hlndenburg line. Tho Allied line has been driven forward for-ward in tho center more than eleven miles and the maximum advance is 13 miles made by the French. The apex is six miles wide and runs from Raine-court Raine-court to Wanillers. The important Peronne-Roye high road and railway is within short cannon can-non range and British scouts near Chaulnes, the middle point of the , Progenc-Roye line. Three colonels i and their entire regimental staffs were captured by the French. The Allied losses have not been heavy. North of the Somme the British have been meeting with bitter resistance resis-tance but they have captured Morlancourt, Morlan-court, the axis of the German line be-twen be-twen the Somme and Albert. On the northern bank of the Somme, however, they lost Chipilly to the Germans while moving forward on the southern bank to Moorecourt. The French extended ex-tended their gains south along the Avre toward Montdidier by taking Plerre-ponL Plerre-ponL Courtemanch, a mile northeast of Montdidier also has been occupied. Rainecourt, the farthest point east claimed by Field Marshal Halg is five miles east of a line drawn north and south through Montdidier. Only one supply lino remains for tho Germans in the Montdidier salient and this is under the cross-fire of tho Allied guns. The German report of tho fighting Thursday says that the Allies reached the artillery lines. Allied capitals look for further withdrawals with-drawals on other parts of the lino as a result of the thrust in Picardy and a continuation of the retirement in Flanders which possibly may wipe out the salient there. It is bolieved that tho enemy must sond in all available reserves or admit defeat and withdraw to the lines held on March 21 or still further. Across the Vesle from Fismes the Allies have occupied Fismotte and added another bridgehead to the position po-sition north of the river which is being be-ing enlarged rapidly. Pressure on the remainder of the sctor continues. French and British diplomats arc reported arrested in Moscow by the Bolsheviki and Great Britain has demanded de-manded tho release of R. H. B. Lock-hart, Lock-hart, the leader of the British contingent contin-gent Premier Lenino fs reported unofficially un-officially to have sent an ultimatum to Japan regarding Siberia. oo |