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Show I Mangin's Troops are Victorious I i Against Vicious Enemy Attacks 1 FRENCH ENTER ROYE I First Army Gaining H All Along the I Line. w HUNS GIVING WAY 1 British Making Prog- J ress at Many J I Points, - LONDON, Aug. 27. (7 p. m. M ' French troops last night and today UH advanced for an average depth of twe Ij to three miles on a front of eight miles RV capturing the towns of Roye anc u 1 Crapeau Mesnil. M WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN H i FRANCE. Aug. 27. (By the Assoclat- Rji j ed Press) The attack of the First French artny against the German army H from south of Chaulnes to Laucourt H i Is making progress all along the line. fit I Counter-attacks were launched from H .Roye during the night but were re- III pulsed. Ono company which was ad- flfl vanclng from Roye to re-enforce the ;fl line at Laucourt was captured. H French , troops entered St. Gill, sub- Wm urb of the southwestern side of Roye. jU j at five oclock today. Rcconnoitering H , parties advanced to Crnpoau Mesnil, m three and a half miles south of Roye. .to I They also crossed the Royc-Chaulnes . jjf I railway line north of Roye. fl Tho enemy is giving way at several H i points as the fighting continues. j N ! Local attacks continue on the Olse- 5M I Aisne front. General Mangin's men il I advanced their lines over a thousand m yard front to a depth of 1,200 yards ' last night. ' They have strengthened their hold on the plateau and have reinforced H their position near Juvigny. The Ger- mt j mans made a counter-attack further jfl 1 south just west of Chavigny In which H ' they lost prisoners. H British Arc Advancing. H PARIS, Aug. 27. (Havas) The ' new British attack along the Scarpe H river is making progress at many IV points, notably botween tho railroad II from Arras to Doual and the Arras- w Cambral highway, according to dis- I 1 patches to newspapers here. |