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Show !KEYT0H1NDERBURG LINE WITH ALLIES FEARFUL LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THE HUNS, WHO ARE STILL ON THE RUN. What Was Believed to Be ImpregnablJ Bulwork of the German Defense in the North Has Given Way Under Allied Onslaughts. With .the Army in France. Tho Huns are steadily losing ground and the key to the Hindenburg line now seems to be in the hands of the allies. Feutt'u.1 losses have been sustained by the retreating Germans, thousands of prisoners have been taken by the victorious vic-torious allies, while guns and munitions muni-tions in almost incalculable lots have been lost by the lleeing Teutons. The latest battle of the Sonmie is definitely won there remains only a little pressure to be applied until Yon llindeuburg's divisions are again all behind t he line which bears his name, seeking to recuperate, if given time, from tho consequences of his miscarried mis-carried plans. Over a front of thirty miles from the region of Arras to 1'eronne, Field Marshal Mar-shal Ilaig's forces have literally smashed the German front. The southern portion of the famous Drocourt-Queant switch line, which had been heralded as the impregnable bulwark of the German defense in the north, has given way under the violence vio-lence of the British onslaught over its entire front from the Scarpe river to Queant, a stance of about ten miles. Already the roads to Douai, Cambral and St. Quentin are thoroughly invested in-vested hy the British and French armies, while north of Soissons the French and Americans are in positions of vantage from which they carry out turning movements which will outflank Laon and the Chemin-des-Dames and Aisne lines. The situation of the enemy, viewed from the war maps, is the most perilous he has yet been in. Added to the troubles of the German high command is the situation that is fast developing in Flanders, in the region re-gion around Ypres, where the Germans daily are being forced out of their positions po-sitions by the British and American troops. All over this sector steady progress is being made eastward in the blotting out of the salient that has long existed there. The Americans, who took Voormezeele Sunday, now are well into the region east of the town, having overcome the strong resistance of the Germans who endeavored to bar their way. A few more strides of Ilaig's men in this region and Armen-tieres Armen-tieres will be within striking distance. After Armentieres it is but a step to Lille. Hard fighting has been in progress between the British and Germans around Peronne, where the Australians successfully withstood violent attacks and have taken several thousand prisoners. pris-oners. Between Peronne and Bapaume the Germans also have imposed strong opposition to the British, but the St. Pierre Yaast wood, LeTransloy and Al-laines Al-laines and Haut-Allaines all have been successfully carried. Huge fires which were -seen in the direction of Yauxaillon, nor heast of Soissons, indicated that the enemy was burning his supplies. There is said to be nothing else inflammable in that region. The American advance in the last few days has brought many thrilling instances. in-stances. Our artillery received congratulations con-gratulations for its work for following the infantry closely and firing point-blank point-blank Into the pestiferous German machine gun position. Our seventy-fives seventy-fives got so close that the gun crews captured the fleeing Germans. |