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Show ! GERMANS DEFEfiED UPOHSIX FRONTS " ENEMY LINE CRUMBLES UNDER THE ALLIED DRIVE FROM BELGIUM TO VERDUN. Advance of Troops Under King Albert and Marshal Haig Jeopardizes Ger. many's Submarine Bases on the North Sea. Paris. Tin- entente allied forces from Belgium to Verdun, on siv. bat-tlefroiils. bat-tlefroiils. are registering victory after victory over the Teutonic armies, ami the enemy front almost every where is crumbling, notw iihstandiiig the desperate des-perate resistance that is being offered on various sectors. On all of "the sectors under attack, from Belgium to Flanders, to the region re-gion id' Verdun, the German front is gradually bending hack under the violence vio-lence of Ihe attacks of the British, Americans, French and Belgians. In Belgium Hie advance of the troops of King Albert and of Field Marshal Haig has pierced so deeply eastward that Germany's submarine bases on the North sea are in jeopardy of being cut off. The famous Messines-Wylschaeto ridge has been captured and the allied guns dominate t he plains beyond. Both Menin and Roulors, important railroad junction points for the supply of the German armies north and south, are. virtually in the hands of Ihe British and Belgians, and seemingly soon must fall. From Cainbrai to St. Quenlln the British anil Americans again have delivered de-livered successfully hard smashes against the German strong points all along the front, including the remain- . ing portions of the old Ilindenburg line. The Germans here are offering most strenuous resistance and in counfer-al tacks compelled the British on one or two sectors to withdraw for slight distances. The Brilish are in the process of cleaning up the town of Canihrai, having hav-ing penetrated its suburbs from the northwest and southwest. In Ihe region re-gion of St. Quentin, where the Americans Amer-icans are fighting with the British, the old Hiudenhurg line has been cut and penetrated to a depth of three miles, over a front of eight miles. In conjunction with the operations of the French northeast of Soissons, the Germans have begun the evacuation evacua-tion of the Chemin-des-Dames and the French now hold half of Ibis famous defensive position. Likewise there is an indication that the enemy intends to give up the remaining positions held by him along the Vesle to Ithemis. In Champagne, 1 lie French troops west of the Argonne forest everywhere are pressing forward, and likewise to the" east of this position the Americans Ameri-cans are moving northward in unison. Already the big forest is virtually outflanked out-flanked and apparently soon will he made a part of the Franco-American line. From the St. Mihiel sector the Americans are heavily bombarding enemy troop trains which are being hurried to the front. |
