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Show AMERICAN TROOPS PUSH FORWARD Germans Do Not Give Ground Until Actually Shot From Positions. 1 WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT, Aug. 1. (S. p. m.) (By the Associated Press.) Tho American troops pushed forward their lines at certain points Thursday on the center of the Rhelmts-Solssons Rhelmts-Solssons salient, notwithstanding the resistance of the Germans, who did not give ground on some sectors until they actually had been shot from their positions. Tho Germans are desperately clinging cling-ing to their strongholds at Neslcs and In the Bois Meunlere, northeast of Rencheres, but the Americans have gained a hold on the northern edge of the Meuniere wood. The Ncsles forest is under the range of the American heavy guns. American Guns Pound Woods. Aviators report that the Germans arc rushing up reinforcements, including includ-ing tanks. Tho Americans' heavy guns arc pounding the Neslos and Meunlere Meu-nlere woods unmercifully. Observers and prisoners who had been brought behind the lines previously reported the forests as having been jammed with German troops and also with largo quantities of supplies. The German Ger-man losses in men, therefore, must have been very great, as the heavy guns started shelling the woods several sever-al days ago. The allied troops continued continu-ed today to encounter barbed wires. Between Serlnges and Sergy there wore woven fields of wiro entanglements. entangle-ments. At creek crossings and In the valleys tho German machine gunners held their commanding positions until the heavy guns of the French and Americans blasted' a way through the wire and ousted the enemy from his positions. Some of tho enemy machine gunners stuck to their posts under terrific fire until they were killed. Battle Lasts for Hours. The American heavy artillery commands com-mands the village of Chamery, northeast north-east of Sergy, the Americans having wrested the hill beyond the last named village from the Germans in a battle lasting for hours. Tho lines swayed back and forth many times but the Americans eventually pushed the Germans Ger-mans back. This fighting was in the open and tho American infantrymen showed great courage. To the north of Cierges the Americans Ameri-cans also advanced their line. The fight began early Thursday for the possession of a farm from which the Americans swept away tho Germans. North of Sorgy tho Americans crossed cross-ed wheat fields that had been planted by French peasants, tho crop of which had been partially garnered by tho Germans. What remained of the wheat' was recovered by tho Americans. There was much aerial activity throughout Thursday. Tho Germans sent out large numbers of aviators, who appeared to be determined to protect the forests from tho allied airmen. air-men. There were numerous battles In the air. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. 1. (By the Associated Press.) (Evening.) With the fall of darkness tonight fighting continued between the allies and tho Germans on tho western side of the Soissons-Rheims Soissons-Rheims salient. Allied observers reported re-ported that bodies of Germans wero fleeing precipitately northward along tho road leading from Launoy, which lies about midway between Soissons and Fero en Tardenois. Tho attack by tho allied forces, which brought them such good results during the day, started at ! o'clock this morning with tho aid of tanks. The British joined with tho French in attacking the woods, thickets and villages, each of which had been transformed trans-formed into a fortress, with the aid of machine guns. By 6 o'clock Hill 205 and tho villages vil-lages of Courdoux, Servenay and Cramoiselles had fallen before the determined de-termined allied assaults and prisoners were coming In. By 7 o'clock the advance ad-vance was so marked that the British and French batteries were able to go forward to new positions. The German guns replied feobly but their mitrailleuses mitrail-leuses wero very numerous. The . enemy counter-attacked furiously fur-iously from Buzancy and Evequo wood, but their efforts wero splendidly held up by the infantry. By ovening the allies had occupied Cramaille, northwest of Fere-en-Tar-denois, and tho hillocks northwest of it |