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Show GERMANS BEING ! PUSHED BACK j French Advance Presages' Evacuation of La Fere and Weakening of Enemy Lines. BRITISH AT VERMAND Cambrai and St. Quentin Central Cen-tral Pivots of German Defenses. I ! (By the Associated Press.) ! With the occupation of Travecy and the heights dominating the country to the south, General Petain's forces have outflankod the important German po-. po-. sition at La Fere. This advance pres-' pres-' ages the evacuation of La Fere and ' general weakening of the German 1 lino3 before tho vital stronghold of i St Gobain forest Slowly Uie allies are pushing the i enemy back on the Hindenburg line defenses from La Fere to St. Quentin. j Tho French have taken and passed ( Hinncourt and retained their hold on i Essigny-lo-Grand, four miles south of St Quentin. Tho British havp-'reached "Vermaml. i about six mi,les east of the Hinden-j Hinden-j burg line running through Cambr.u, which, with StAQuontin form thetceii-I thetceii-I tral pivots or vlhe German defenses j between La Fere and Ypres. i Counter Attacks Repulsed. German counter-attacks to prevent the British from driving a wedge between be-tween Cambrai and St Quentin were repulsed near Gouzeacourt Unfavorable Unfavor-able fighting weather has aided tho enemy. I Artillery activity continues in the j St Gobain sector.uud also between i the Aisne and the Vesle the Germans j arc making a valia.nl effort to retain I possession of St Gobain and Chemin ! des Dames strongholds. In the region of Laffaux and in the Aisno area enemy attempts to approach ap-proach new French positions were repulsed, re-pulsed, the Germans losing 150 prls- oners. In Flanders the British have advanced ad-vanced their lines northwest of I-Iul-luch and made progress west of Ar-mentieres. Ar-mentieres. In the Havrincourt wood sector the enemy artillery js active, j At Gouzcaucourt the British have re-' re-' established their line after repulsing the Germans who gained a foothold in j one of the most bitter local engage-I engage-I ments since Ihe rapid drive was halt-I halt-I cd by bad weather conditions several days ago. oo |