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Show SlFiec Marshal Haig's A rmies A re j I Pressing in on Armentieres and I Will Soon Be Threatening Lille . WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Sept. 6, Hif by The Associated Press, noon. Along the whole front from If its southern extremity to the Bapaume-Cambrai road the fire If of the enemy's big guns is dwindling. This indicates that the Hi Germans are making strenuous efforts to get their artillery mMM behind the Hindenburg defenses. ft I PARIS, Sept. 6, 12:30 p. m. General Humbert's army I is making steady progress today in the region" of Guiscard I I and Ham. .Advices from the battle front say the town of ipHam has virtuallybeen'taken by the- Frenclff orces. '- - --'s J 1 I WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Sept. 6, by The Associated Press, noon. Australian troops have J) -r crossed the river Somme on a wide front to the south of Peronn I I , British troops have captured the town of St. Christ, Brie, i Le Mesnil, Doingt and Athies and arc now advancing to the i 3 east of those places, i J . ! LONDON, Sept. 6, 1 p. m. British troops today cap-y cap-y 1 tured Neuve Chapelle and Bussuy. ; , Field Marshal Haig's focres crossed the Canal du Nord J . on the whole front except from Havrincourt north to the jScarpe. I ; ' Between the Somme and the Oise French troops have i captured the block of hills known as the Outrecourt massif ; which is within three miles of Chauny. The French have secured a good hold on the northern bank of the- Ailette and on the terrain between that river and r the Oise. They are approaching if they are not actually on ; the Hindenburg line at St. Bobain Massif. On the Flanders front the British are established in por- . tions of the old German front line east of Neuve Chapelle and in the old line in the Fauquissart sector. The British also have advanced northwest of Armen- ; tiercs. North of Peronne British forces are in possession of I the town of Bussu and are in the immediate vicinity of Templeux-la-Fosse, Nurlu and Equancourt. . ; LONDON, Sept. 6. Advancing east of the river Somme ! to the south of Peronne the British have captured the villages 5- of St. Christ-Briest and Le Mesnil Bruntell, Field Marshal Haig reported in his official statement today. A number of i prisoners were taken by the advancing troops. i o.i r r-i . i o . I l 11 'A . 1 i ooutneast or reronne me oncisi nave reacnea Mtnies ana L Mons-en-Chaussee. They have captured the village of Doingt. Si WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Thursday, Thurs-day, Sept. 5, 11 p. m., by The Associated Press. Franco-American Franco-American troops reached the south bank of the Aisne tonight ( . between Conde and Veil-Arcy, an eight-mile front. Ameri-. Ameri-. can forces this afternoon occupied the towns of Dhuizel and Barbonval, virtually without opposition. ' PARIS, Sept. 6. French troops last night continued to push forward on the entire front between the Somme and the I Vesle, says today's war office report. i , South of Peronne French troops made further crossings I of the Somme in the region of Epenancourt. Further south the Ham-Peronne road was reached at several points. ! : ; The towns of Le Plesis-Patte-d'Oie and Berlancourt were ' captured and still further south the French pursuing troops pushed beyond Guivry, Caillouel-Crepigny and Abbecourt. In the region north of the Ailette the French reached the outskirts of Sinceny and the palteau north of Landricourt and x south of the Ailette the advancing forces are along the Vaux-K Vaux-K aillon ravine. The American troops, advancing from the Vesle, have captured the town of Glennes, southeast of Revillon and have advanced their lines as far as the outskirts of Villers-en- |