The evening world. Newspaper, August 29, 1918, Page 2

yards, was irda, wes only eek focally ‘russel On ground especially fiverible f that sort of resistance, such as the terrain around Roye, it gained sume time for the enemy, enabling him to move a great many guns and a con- siderable part of his material behind the Canal du Nord and nort) of Noyon. But once this system of fighting was mastered the strength of the German rearguard dwindled to almost nothing. The Germans, ‘idtently by the French advance guerd, were obliged to risk an engage ment with important forces or to quicken their retreat. The Germans adopted the latter alternative and morning they have been making all possible haste on the w St. Quentin, La Fere and the Hindenburg line. Quesnoy Wood, which was captured this morning, is just west of the Canal du Nord. From there the Germans tried by means of the heavy fire of all calibres of artillery to check*the French troops advanc- ing on both sides of the Roye-Noyon Road. Pressure from Gen. Humbert's Third Army from the west and from Gen. Mangin’s men. who crossed the River Oise from the south and took Morlincourt this morning while other French troops were entering Noyon, adds greatly to the difficulties of the enemy. ‘The increased dan- ger from those directions will oblige the Germans to make further sacri- tices. in order to save Gen. von Hutier's army from disaster, The Somme line having been rendered difficult tor the Germans by the rapidity of the Entente Allied pursuit there is now a question, with the French troops ready to cross the Somme at the enemy's heels, where he will be able to make a further stand. oe (The fall of Noyon comes as a heavy blow to the Germans, who eowere thuught during the early days of the Picardy offensive to be planning to hold Noyon as the southern pivot of their line, which runs northward along the old battlefront of 1916. CNoyon fs situated on the right bank of the Olse Niver at the con stivence of that stream and the little River Verse. To the south and east there are large areas of flat lowlands along the Oise, while to the Morth is a winding valley. To the southeast is Mount Renaud and the Lassigiy Massif, which dominate the whole region. ‘To the northeast a@ range of high hills juts out into the valley. {One railroad runs through Noyon. It comes up the Oise Val- \aey from Compiegne, and, turning cast at Noyon, leads to Chauny and La Fere. A canal leads off to the north and termina at Nesle, two small railroad lines run nerth and northeast, the former to Nesle and the latter to Ham. “ (Noyon is a great highway centre. One road runs to Roye to the northwest, one to Ham, to the northeast, one goes up the Oise Valley and another leads down into Carlepont Forest, to the south- east. Another goes down tho Oise to Compiegne. (Noyon is @ very ancient town, being known to the Romans. harlemagne was crowned King of the Franks at Noyon in 768, and a jn Capet was elected King there in 987. It was the birthplace of John Calvin, who was born July 10, 1509.) ADVANCE TO HAM A SURPRISE. (News of the French approach to Ham came rather unexpectedly, ond At seems probable that a new and powerful attack Jaunched by the e»French along the Nesle-Noyon line broke in the enemy's resistance and caused his precipitate retreat. * (The advance on Ham eeems to have been from the wast, as the report tells of the capture of German munition trains at Breull, It ts “Probable that the French have progressed along the higher ground just south of the Somme River and have not crossed that stream, with Its canal. : [lt would appear that the Germans who were In Noyon up till this morning will be trapped there if they have not beat a hasty retreat from the sack in which the Noyon region seems to be caught x {If the French have reached Ham they have outflanked the German “ine to the north, across the Somme. They also threaten to drive a wedge between the enemy forces north of the Somme and those still “In'Chauny, on the Oise.) NOFON DEFENDED STRONGLY. LONDON, Aug. 29 (early) (United Press).—The Germans are sttongly holding the southern and western outskirts of Noyon with ma- chipte gun concentrations, according to front despatches received here today. The French have fully outflanked the town at Montagne de Por- queriscourt (a mile and a half northwest). French troops have crossed the Roye-Noyon road near Sermaize hustle! ince road leading yesterday t miles northwest of Noyon) and Catigny (two miles north cf| naize.) They have also reached the neighborhood of Cachy and R@pecourt (six miles southeast of Nesle). . ‘The west bank of the Somme is in the hands of the French from “ Where Courtesy and Service Moet . Manufacturers Trust Company MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM MANHATTAN OFFICE 481 EIGHTH AVENUE, corner 34th STREET (Formerly West Side Bank) ALSO THREE BROOKLYN OFFICES CAPITAL $1,000,000 SURPLUS $750,000 DEPOSITS $20,000,000 Accounts Invited and Every Fac NATHAN 5, JONAS. 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POL, Sars ANADIANS REACH WOTAI Kine O6 sweer EAST OF & YON TAKEN #7 ‘AMERICANS BEAT OFF STRONG] J ATTACK NEAR JUVIGHY, Clermont ew —_—__—_—_—_—_—_—- poyon 7 i — nl ‘Simonne 120,000 PRISONERS TAKEN BY ALLIES SINGE JULY 18; 2,000 GUNS ARE CAPTURED OPEN MUTINY IN GERMAN RANKS; OFFICERS SHOOT MEN IN VAIN British From Aug. 21 to 26 Took!Soldiers of 214th Division Revolt and Leader Surrenders—Frightened by Canadians. 21,000 Germans — Enemy | Man Power Waning. | LONDON, Aug. 2%. | (By the Associated Press) | HE total Entente Allied cap- T tures on the western front since July 18 now approach 21,000 prisoners and 2,000 guns. The British captured more than 120,000 prisoners between Aug. 2 and Aug. 26, while the British total logses in the same period, in- cluding all killed, wounded and miswing, were only slightly in ex- cess of that figure, A considerable proportion of the British casualties are in the slightly wounded class. ‘The total captures by the British since Aug. 8 exceed 47,000 officers and men and the captured guns number nearly 600, British military observers say it is now clear that the Germans in- tend to retire to @ shorter line on the western front, where they can obtain better defensive positions Cizancourt to Rouy-le-Petit (two miles northeast of Nesle). (This despatch was filed before the oocupation of Noyon was re ported.) | FRENCH EXTEND HOLD ON SOMME. PARIS, Aug. 29 (United Press)'—Speeding up their advance, the | French have enlarged their hold on the west bank of the Somme Canal | over a wide front south of Peronne. The German retreat is reported to have been precipitate at some points last night. There is every indication that the enemy retreat will not halt before it reaches the entire Hindenburg line. In the dry canal east of Nesle the fighting has been extremely heavy. A huge amount of material was captured in that region, North of Soissons the Germans are clinging to dominating positions at Cuffies (a mile and a half north of the city) and Juvigny (where Am- Jerlen troops are operating) The Germans are reported to be greatly strengthening. their posi- | tions in St. Gobain forest (between the Oise and the Ailette), which are regarded.as already among the best defenses on the west front. | The War Office staternent to-day reported artillery engagements in the Somme\district last night. mine and in the Champagne. |50 VILLAGES REWON IN TWO DAY. PARIS, Aug. 29 (Havas Agency ).—The number of German pris- oners captured by the French in their advance west of the Chaulnes- | Noyon line has been comparatively small. as the French have been obliged to move cautiously. The Germans left mines at various places and had scattered infernal machines’ and traps of various kinds, rial taken, however, has been considerable, In forty-eight hours the Allied advance has liberated more than | fifty villages. ooo BRITISH ADVANCE ON PERONNE; _ CAPTURE MANY MORE TOWNS; 26,000 PRISONERS SINCE AUG. 21 | WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Aug. 29.—Australian | troops have captured Feuivillers, Herbecourt, evillers and Belloy and are now wtihin three miles of the important Somme bridge south of Peronne. Byng’s troops this south of Bapaume. morning took Ginchy, an important high point (Feulvillers is on the south bank of the Somme, four miles west of Peronne, Herbecourt is a mile and a half south of Feuivillers, Assevillers is a mile and @ half south of Herbecourt, Belloy is,a mile and a half southwest of Assevillers.) The Canadians are within about a mile of Bullecourt (a mile and a silles). Raiding operations were reported in Lor-! The war mate-) half southeast of Croisilles) and Hendecourt (two miles east of Croi- i rhey spent the night cleaning out a mass of dugouts and pockets rr. Against the constantly repeated Entente Allied blows and so that the enemy can economize his forces, which has become an ur- Bent nocessity on account of his lessening man-power. poeumanineiieniiadinin British beran moving aguin this morning and are reported to have captured Ginghy, about half way be tween the river and Bapaume. Ginchy is one of the highest posi- tions in this @ection of the battle zone, and it overlooks a wide stretch to the eastward. There was sangui- nary fighting for this position this year because of its importance, but the British seem to hate taken it easily this morning. Its possession ‘by the British may cause a change in any puans the Germans have for holding the line roughly from Peronne on the south to somewhere near Bapaume. North of Bapaume there has been heavy fighting at various places, where the British are cleaning up strong German posts. Bullecourt is less than a mile from the British line this morning. Generally the main body is within 1,000 or 2,000 yards of the famous Drocourt-Queant line, and the coun- try up to the line itself virtually has been cleaned of patrols, A smash through here would menace the whole area back of the old Hindenburg line, and the next place where the Ger- ns can offer stiff resistance is, per- ps, the line of the Canal Du Nord. After that there are said to be no prepared defenses of any importance. @ Germans in their confidence er considered they would need n thm Astride the Scarpe the British this morning moved from the line east of Arleux through the east side of Oppy Wood. Posts apparently are in Gavrelle, half-way across Greenland Hil, east of Peives and east of Boiry. British posts also are in Remy and Hancourt, east of Croisilles, Jigsaw Wood, just south of Scarpe and the last of the positions in which there man stronghold, has been c! the enemy. [fie te CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS, With net changes from previous close, the wooded a Ger- ared of ITH THE BRITISH FORCES IN FRAN » Aug. 29 (Asso- tinuous hammering by the British seem to have almost led to open mutiny in some of the German formations. | | ciated Press).—The defeats of the last two days and the con- | 1 man Division is especially mentioned in this connection. | of this unit said his men absolutely personally shot ten for their refusal no good, for, as the officer said, The 214th Ger- One officer refused in a body to fight and he He added that even that did they were absolutely hopelei He therefore surrendered hjmself to the British. The officer added that when hi js men learned they were opposed | by the Canadians the Germans almost started a panic, | The British losses continue extremely light. As an instance, on | Monday, the first day the first British army attacked north of the Scarpe over ground literally planted with German machine guns, the British total casualties were much in prisoners alone. Prisoners taken In actions of this kind usually number less than @ third of the casualties {n enemy killed and wounded. single Germans and small groups tunity. AMERICANS IN PICA DEFEAT fewer than the enemy's casualties Numerous are surrendering at every oppor- RDY FIGHT PRUSSIAN DIVISION | | | | (Continued from First Page.) Press).—The series of local operations initiated by both sides on the famous Aisne dattlefield has resulted line, More than a hundred Germans American artillery, working in th mans last night, the flash of the guns A counter attack against the Ame: down completely tn the face of heavy PARIS, Aug. have been in b fighting to-day,) both along the Vesie and in co-opera-| tion with the French northwest of! Bolssons. South of Bazoches, which| the Americans recently captured, the| Germans attempted to cross the Vesie,| but were thrown back by the Ameri- cans. The heaviest fighting, howeve: was northwest of Soissons, where the | Americans and French drove steadily on. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE VESLE, Aug. 2s—9 P. M.— (Associated Preas).—The Amerfcans have increased their hold on the Bazoches region, but the Germans have recaptured Fismette, according to the latest report. ‘The lines on both sectors are wavering from time| to thme. The Americans are determined not to give ground in the Bazoches re- gion, and the Germans are stubborn- ly clinging to Fismette. Fighting between American troops and German forces continued all night | in the region of Bazoches, to the east of Fismas, Early this morning the Americana secured a foothold on the eastern outskirts of the town, Some German snipers and machine gunners are stubbornly clinging to| the northern edge of Bazoches, using cellars and the walls of houses orl protection. American and French big guns are| pounding away at the encmy, and the Germans have been unable to bring up reinforcements, American Prisoners Claimed by Germa: BERLIN, Aug. 29.—In the opera. tions in the Vesle sector the Germans | claim to have inflicted severe losses on the Americans and taken murs than 250 prisoners, This claim is set forth in the statement from general headquarters last night. ibs soib- bal ASK WAY TO PRISON CAMPS. WITH THE BRITISH ForcES IN] FRANCE, Aug, 29.—Germans often are encountered walking toward the west ‘on the road. ‘They carry packages con- taining a few clean clothes and two da rations and asked British patrols the way to the priso camp. A Canadian corps is reported to have captured sixty cannon in the operations of the last four days, Are ph oe DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Peril Raye Bitver of. Y. Uaioe Heri jsterdam despatch to the Central News | Lunobure, |new trial in the case of 190 1 in violent fighting along the V have been captured. © open, hurled shells toward the Ger- illuminating the black, overcast sky. ricans late yesterday afternoon broke artillery and machine gun fire. |HINDENBERG HEARD FROM. ‘Tells Anxions LONDON, Aug. |¥on ITindenburg, 29.—JField Marshal replying to a telegram fecently sent to him by members of the Fatherland Party at Reichenverg. 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He Nealon | German counter-attacks east and southeast of Vis-en-Artois, east of TA he wid ne | native of County Boiry and in the vicinity of Gavrelle, villages to the east of Arras, have 4q| Om Dre W. is | pas been repulsed, according to the official statement issued at the War Office} —— eral Parlor, Wo. to-day, at 9.90 Oe ve . wip Bien ureh South of the Somme British forces are keeping up their pressure ie Cane Surat 4. wher against the enemy and are advancing eastward ee Poem st roaviees. will bo sata Since Aug. 21 the British have taken 26,000 prisoners and 100 guns tore OO | cavers, ” oterment in ‘The battle line now apparently is as follows: i fees BARKISON.—NEVA HAnnison, From Bajlleul-sur-Berthoult southeastward to Remy; southward to Bery CAMPBELL FUNPRAL Vaulx-Vraucourt; southwastward to the western outskirts of Bapaume; bet QHUKGH, 2910 Broadway, Friday, 31 southward across the Somme to Herbecourt; southeastward to Clzancourt; | {4). fas! Aen Ie 9. 30) Special for To-Morrow, Friday, August 30th. Py ery Harsha rai ee | southward along the west bank of the Somme to Rouy-le-Petit; southawrd | {1} loan id five, 99.14 gy tn tional O funie | NAYLON, beloved wile of Samusi Moe | to Catigny; southeastward to Pontl’Eveque; eastward to Bretigny; south-| Met. {larine eta." % pid L, old tonal Upportunity. lor. [reste reper irrighe Ror bpred Ret grr pry ed | |] cnoconane AL Ao Aree Pa a aro | ADVANCE ON WIDE FRONT. a || Beco =A beh baat ll Lal OYA Lae al a | WITH THE BRITISH FORCES IN FRANGE, Aug. 29.—Launching new | O'MARA. Wiis et’ Theaes Jocal attacks and following up the advantage gained yesterday, the British |} % | O'Mara and mother of Dr. ‘Thomis J today moved forward along a large part of their battlefront 181 peserersnane cers OLE DUTON BTL Merion, Are damien Mekinnor tna ia rhe French, having reached the backwaters of the River Somme, the 1S |] one ot our tavorites CREAM CHOCOLATES ‘Thomas Short British Just north of them have made long strides and themselves this |} S|] et tue Mara Candy The King of the Bit- | || ot funeral hereafter morning were only about three miles from the river at Brie, with the/® 8 [1 Saea, Peveenag 8 we tenements! 90 aitoline LOST, FOUND AND REWARDS, enemy being rapidly forced out of the triangle formed by the right ? fon shape sweets, made [4 mendous following, The Tite Weiser New tema angles of river and the advancing British line, which strikes ft in s = Pl gcd are of melting PY gy Re id Mig aE ROR LAM bi e the north, just west of Ham 1% [| ins veriety. of Sats, | The town of Belloy Aaseviller —_————_— » ML and H bes Herbecourt and Feullleres were ap-| were offering only resistance from 's feee Tater 39c i a RANTES. Ae po In parently ta during the night and! rearguarde. h writing. sta ing, See afutlonallly, set early this morning, ‘The Germans| North of the River Somme the|"7uigl sud'tais’ 38/20 shane, % ano boy “having Hactied fe st Weta q ‘ were na me eer ot a