Show GERMANS OAK IN TWO DAYS FIGHTING pener PENETRATE HUN LINES TO DEPTH OF THIRTEEN MILES v french and english make mak e greit great gains during past Wee eek kand and laisers kaisers Kai Kal sers army to new line lindof of defense the army in fit france the germans have feen been dealt de aft one blow of after ter another during the past week but bufa t the he feature probably of df krea greatest latest interest to the american people was was determined attack of tile the Anie rican tro troops aps ops under the direct command or of general pershing upon the german inythe st salient the primary r objectives were quickly rea readied c 1 aed the salient was cleared of the enemy e li e n Y and the americans tire are now giov pushing forward ford war d in tile direction of metz metis great german fortress U ken from tin french nearly balfa halfa century ago tile the movement Is oneff one of the master maker strokes of the the whole war for far inthe if alie germans gennana lose metz and the briery iron mines they will ibex bei greatly handicapped in their efforts to withstand future attacks jac ks to be made by the allied allie d forces for CM on all the fronts itt ill two days if ing the americans penetrated the ger inan li lines nesto to a depth dept lipf of thirteen bille ellef 81 and captured numerous nuni erous towns townsand and villages 1 I ages the number of prisoners token exceeds which approximately the streng two enemy divisions the F french r e aeh troops also alo were active in various other st sectors actors and on saturday morning field marshal Mars lial 1001 launched an attack alme ut at the st t gobald ni massif assif defending alie german citadel of loan tile the attack was made 6 on both sides of the river allette and lu in the region of ohp ali e alviti to alie south and southwest the important height mont dea bluges and tile towns of annemone Ann emont and sancy have beet been taken and tile advance at this threatens the right flank of tile alie des dames dame on tile the ainne aisne front the french are re reported to be making satisfactory progress haig hammering ato huns uns held field marshal halg h hd a conten continued aed his successful operations on oil ish fro front the week there has stiffening of german geiman resi resistance stancel in ra tile north and the billish hilve have repulsed pulsed repeated cout bouner er attacks making slight blight gains from front time e i the tji so KO called 4 line hus has been crossed nt at one or 01 two the military cri critics ties havi gaii tile i withdrawal of the klitses kiil sers a anni rin y to ti a new line of defense defens eau an fur far back as the meuse river carn bral bial Is one of the british objectives but it Is also iso the evident purpose of field marshal hale to regain posse possession silon of ahk french coal mines and manufacturing cities in northern france there has been some activity on the italian front for some time pa past 1 stai ai tillery duels feitig constant va and raids frequent fie quent no battles been fougled mid and no distinct advantage gained by T either side chaotic conditions continue to pie prevail in ln russia RusIa I 1 Petro petrograd grad was reported burning a few davs ago ant and it W pvn d sala eaid the people were being massacred by wholesale later reports were effect tha that li the capital cl city tyhan hail been taken by the antl anit one of tha london papers chalm claimed d to t have authentic information that blat the former empress ind and her four daughters had bad abben by thebold the bol but the alie atory story has been officially denied |