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Show WAR REVIEW . (By the Associated Press.) Allied troops maintain pressure against tho German lino in the Mamo pocket and are making additional gains despite increased enemy resistance resist-ance whiqh may indicate the end of the retreat is near. Everywhere except ex-cept in tho immediate environs of Soissons and Rheims, tho French, Americans Am-ericans and British are forcing the Germans to give ground. Vicious counter-attacks mark the German efforts to stop the allies. But tho enomy has been unable to halt their steady advance. Allied Hammering Counts. Allied hammering on tho flanks is beginning to tell. South of Soissons, Scottish troops are pressing forward through Buzancy. Betweon there and tho Ourcq, French, forcos hnve gained appreciably and are now forcing their way up the slopes of Hills 205 and 20S north of Grand Rozoy, and which dominate dom-inate tho plain between Grand Rozoy and Fismes, tho mpst important German Ger-man base south of the Aisne. The Germans Ger-mans lost 450 prisoners in this region. On tho east, southwest of Rheims, tho British and French have advanced farther west of the Dormans-Rheim3 road. Around Bllgny and St. Euphraise the allies also havo progressed. Bitter German Effort. . Especially bitter has been the German Ger-man effort to check the French and Americans advancing northward from tho JIarne. In a sanguinary combat at Sergy, east of Fere-en-Tardenois. American troops have bested tho Fourth Prussian guards and a Bavarian Bavar-ian division, both units known as "shock troops." Six times the village changed hands and at last reports it was in tho hands of tho Americans. Several times the Germans forced the Americans back to the Ourcq which is shallow hero and hand-to-hand fighting fight-ing took placo in the water. Southeast of Sergy the allies occupied Ron-cheres. Ron-cheres. Germans on High Ground. Between the flanks the Germans are on high ground and apparently are making full use of tho natural advantages advan-tages to inflict as heavy losses as possible. pos-sible. Whether tho Germans are going to stop their withdrawal northward where they now stand is not clear. The allied successes on the flanks, however, how-ever, may speedily forco tho enemy to move again northward. Paris believes the enemy will try to stand on his present position. Gouraud Defeats Enemy. German local efforts in Champagne east of Rheims havo been defeated by General Gouraud's army. Strong attempts at-tempts were made by the Germans to eject the Australians from their new gains north of the Somme but the enemy was thrown back with losses. In their advance Uint Australians captured cap-tured 143 prisoners and 36 machine guns. Elsewhere on the western front the situation Is unchanged. " There has been no confirmation of tho report received through Copenhagen Copen-hagen th'at Turkey and Germany have broken, relations. In lVashington It is not believed that the differences between be-tween 'the two powers havo been serious ser-ious enough to justify a break. |