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Show GERMANS FALLING BACK Advance Rapid on Both Banks of Somme, British Going Through Sixteen Mile Front and French Advancing Four Miles. London. The British and French troops are sweeping forward in the Somme and Oise sectors in France, and the German retreat, which at first was slow and on narrow fronts, seems to be gaining momentum. The latest advance by the British was made nvor o f-i c .. - num. ui sixieen miles and by the French along affront of about fiften miles, and the entente allies have penetrated German positions posi-tions m this new operation to a depth of from two to four miles Bapaume, for many months described de-scribed as a German stronghold, now is m the hands of the British troops, havmg been wrested from the Ger-mans Ger-mans after what the British war office !sr aa sUff fightins-u is a From Bapaume the fortified lines newly acquired by the British extend auio s Ul3kirtS ot Mcmchy- new advance 11 tueh Population, whom t e T mS C,vU behind in 1 reached certain . Iul Uave Sn villTgel rrraUnS' ne ly and watc tu,VVn dnUVal wa s1'- and Preparations or V fW T 'ard movement h 7 fl,rthpr f'-n-'de. In the last ng r,.rl,y retreat and ad van C'llyB' bn,h the |