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Show Cavalry and Armored Cars Scatter Terror and Destruction Destruc-tion Among Retreating Retreat-ing Foe. ON THE FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE, Aug. 11 (Havas Agency.) When the French troops entered Montdidier at 12:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon (he Germans had not yet completely evacuated the town, clinging cling-ing to the outskirts of the place v.'ilh the help of machine guns, some of which were being fcrvetl by the ofllc-" ers of the detachments, all the men having been killed or wounded. The French troops arc pursuing their success and have now progressed progress-ed far east of Montdidier. gathering up along the route thousands of prisoners, prison-ers, together with enemy cannon and machine guns. Harrassed by the French cavalry, which had pushed far ahead the Germans were thrown into great disorder as they sought to fall back. In the wako of the cavalry came armored cars with automatic guns which scattered terror and destruction amongst the retreating foe. The onomy was engaged in a desperate effort along the roads to tho rear, crowded with masses of men and material seeking to disengage himself from llift French pursuit. Further south tho French army on tho right continued equal pressure, taking the heights of Eoulogne-La-Grasse. At the end of the day yesterday yester-day the French held the front of Or-villers-Boulogno-LaGrasse, LaPostc, Conchy-Les-Pots, LaNeuville, Bler-mont, Bler-mont, LePlessier and Chevincourt The French artillery has under Its fire important enemy concentrations of men and material retreating near I Noyon and Guiscard. Everything tends to confirm the impression im-pression that a great victory has been won. nn t |