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Show HUN FORCES ARE MOVING NORTH American Observers See-Heavy See-Heavy Movements of Trucks and Infantry Beyond the Vesle. (By The Associated Press.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE VESLE FRONT, Friday, Aug 23. A number of fires were reported Thursday and Thursday night within with-in the German lines between the Vesle and the Aisne, French and American observers sev ! oral days ago reported heavy move-ments move-ments of trucks and Infantry north-j north-j ward. Prisoners captured by the Americans in the last few days declared de-clared they knew nothing about troop movemonts betweon the rivers. The continued pressure of the Bril-j Bril-j ish and French on the fifty-mile front I north of Soissons and other developments develop-ments lead American officers to believe be-lieve that the Germans will be forced to withdraw from the line of tho Vesle. Thursday and Friday the AuieTiCuns on the Vesle experienced the hottest weather of the summer. American troops today carried out another local advance in tho same region re-gion where they increased thHr holdings hold-ings along the Vesle on Thursday. Hand grenades and flame throwers were usod by tho Germans In an attempt at-tempt to check Uic attackers- Tho trqons kaptlput of the way-of 4hefttfmtl!roTQiTrntHAm i riflemen and the American aitlllery had forced the men with the flume I throwers to retire with losses. Tho Americans overcame a detachment of German Infantry and took twelve pris- j oners. East of Fismes an American patrol j and a German patrol clashed during I the nigRt, the Americans taking four ; prisoners i no . |