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AUGUST 23, 1018. 10 PAGES- THREE CENTS BRITISH DRIVE ON NORTH AND SOUTH OF GET 1,000 PRISONERS, 6 TOWNS AND FRENCH PUSH FORWARD ON tlMK 5 JiU THE DAILY EAGLE MANY GUNS? An.F.TTE-nrsi? i. $640,000,000 TROOPS OF ALLIES FRENCH AIRMEN'S WORK SOUTH OF OISE PRAISED; FOLLOWED UP THE TANKS II. S. AND ALLIES MUSI DICTATE B.R.T.

TO IMPROVE SERVICE ON BRIGHTON AND WEST END LINES BACK Battle in Northern Picardy Develops Into One of Greatest of the War Haig's Progress Threatens Whole German Army on that Front Three German Battalion Headquarters Taken Teu ton Defenses Pushed in. Paris, August 23 (Ifavas Agency) Tlie work of the French aerial forces in the fighting' south of the Oise is praised by the newspapers. The I'etit J'ariien says that the capture of the towns of Hailly ami Carlepont was due in great part to the work of airmen who destroyed ininn'i'nus con- and spread confusion in ilie enemy raniis. 'j'lie tanks opened the way for the offensive, it is declared, and I the bombing airplanes hurried the enemy retirement. ATTEMPTS TO KILL AUSTRIAN OFFICERS ON THE INCREASE Washington, August 23 An official dispatch from Switzerland today says that attempts against the lives of otii-eers are increasing in Austria.

It Is reported that several commandants of Austrian corps have advised ollicers in the rear to have revolvers with No More 2-Car Trains on For mer Through West End Trains to Times Square. N'o more two-ear trains on the Brighton Heach line In Brookfyn and the running of live cars Instead of four cars on local trains in the Broadway subway, from Hector street to Times Square are among improvements put result of directions issued by Commis- sinner F. J. H. Kraeko of Its Transit Committee to the operating company.

i It seems that our flying program mi vet in n. i. i. scrwue ui the Public Service Commission, as it trips through the Broadway subway I 1 considerable congestion at cor- 2SBRITISH STEAMER tain hours, particularly between Times Square nnd 1 nion Square, trains were being run in the ice, such number being the limit bo cause of inadequate turnback faeiii- ties at Whitehall street. Arrange-' incuts were at once made by the Commission for additional track facilities I at Whitehall street, so that it is pun- siblo to turn longer trains at that i point.

I in fiririittnn ivitiin a i'nn' uVini-l limn (Ky the Associated Press.) Along the front in Northern Picardy a battle which seems to be one of the greatest of the war has developed. Disaster is reported to be threatening the whole German army on this front and the Germans are throwing great masses of men into the struggle in the hope of checking the tide of battle which dispatches from British headquarters say is setting against them. From the noilh end cf the battle line, at Boiry-Beequerelle, Boyolles and Gomiecourt, come tidings of a British advance. Meaulte, near Albert, has been wrested from the Germans. Hr.ppy Valley, south of Mezulle and north of Bray, has also been taken by the British, it is reported.

South of the Sonime, the towns of Cliuignolles and Ilcrleville arc said to have been captured from the enemy. a new crossover will bo installed in the Broadway subway just above Times Square, so that trains of theinAtLJ West End Line in Brooklyn, which I 1 01 Her Crew, Many 0T Them ire now lurnett oacK at i- nion square. Manhattan, will be oepraled through to Times Square. Thus doing away with practically all of the congestion existing at the former square. In respect to the change in Brighton Beach Lino service inspections by the) Commission recently showed that two ear trains were being operated by 1 that line in non-rush hours and were earning considerable overloads.

Kunk olE "l0 Atlantic This fact was called to the attention cnast- More tni ln" of her crew, of Vice President John J. Dcmpsey, many of them Chinese, some severely who agreed to Commissioner Kracke's 1 injured, were rescued and brought suggestion that the number of "'-s to(a be at once increased to three. The additional cars werrf placed in servicol A 'ediNh steamer which also ar-today. rived here today reported that yes-Tne Commissioner also called Iheiterduy morning she was held up by attention of the B. R.

vice nrosl-i siimnri. With the British Armies in France, August 23 British troops this morning are reported to have captured Chuicgnolles and Herle-villc, south of the Somme River. More than a thousand prisoners were taken in this operation, which eliminates the bend in the line. Field Marshal Haig's forces also are reported to have taken Boyelles and Boiry Becquereile and to be still pushing forward. They are piling up prisoners and guns.

The British have reached Gomiecourt, which is considered to be the chief point of the German defense positions. South of Gomiecourt the British this morning were attacking and pushing forward all along the line. A battle has developed which seems to be one of the greatest of the war. The town of Meaulte, southeast of Albert, fell early in the British drive. The British troops pressing on here are crossing the Bray-Albert road.

Happy Valley, to the north of Bray, was taken by Field Marshal Haig's troops after hard fighting. Three German battalion headquarters have been taken in the locality of Happy Valley. Additional guns also have fallen into the hands of the British. A number of fresh new German divisions have been identified. They were rushed up in the hope of saving something from the disaster which threatens the whele German army on this front.

The latest report from the battle line says that the British are reaching out in the direction of Tr.ra Hill, which is a thousand yards beyond Albert. DIOMED TORPEDOED OFF ATLANTIC COAST Badly Injured, Brought Atlantic Port. to An Atlantic Port, August :3 The British steamer riinmj with the U-boat commander, was al- lowed to proceed The Diomed was sunk on Wednes day last about 123 miles east of New York, It was a steel vessel of 4,700 groBs tons. Portland, August 23 A boast that the American cruiser San Diego was torpedoed and not mined was ma(le commumlcr of 10 sub. nianno captured the steam trawler Triumph and used her as a raider on the fishing banks this week, according to word received here from Captain M-yhre of the Triumph today.

Tho German officer also a.s- sorted that he sunk the tank steamer o. r. Jennings and that the captain 0f the Jennings was a prisoner on the submersible while Captain Mvhre was on board. a number of Boston. Xew York and Portland papers were faken from the 'riumph and the commander said he had been much amused in reading reports of how many times his vessel had been rammed and sunk by steamers arriving at American ports.

The commander said he had been out three months and intended to remain two months longer in order to annihilate the fishing fleet on the an'iS- BRITISH AIRPLANE, WITH NINE PASSENGERS, FLIES FROM FRANCE TO ENGLAND London, August 23 A big British airplane carrying its crew and nine passengers has made the trip from to England, ii is announced here. The whole journey from an airdrome in the interior of France to one in the interior of England occupied but little over half an hour. The test was made under routine conditions, with an ordinary service airplane of the largest type. The passengers carried the normal amount of baggage as they would if they had traveled by train and boat. EMPEROR CHARLES FREES 24 CHARGED WITH TREASON Amsterdam, August 2 3 Emperor Charles of Austria has pardoned 2 4 defendants awaiting trial on the charge of high treason at Serajevo, Bosnia, according to a dispatch to tho Lckal-Anzeiger of Berlin from Grata, tho capital of Styria.

Those released from prison include a number of South ON USS1 FRONT Compelled to Withdraw North of Vladivostok After Heavy Fighting. (By the Associated Press.) London. August 23 Allied troops on the Ussuri River front, north of Vladivostok, outnumbered by the enemy, have been forced to withdraw after heavy fighting, says a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Harbin dated Wednesday. British and French troops were engaged In the battle, but the brunt of the fighting fell on the Cossack and Czecho-Slovak troops. Japanese units aided in 1 lie retirement.

Bolshevik monitors, operating on Lake Hangka, are harassing the Allied left and have detained additional Czech forces. Commands are being given tlie Bolsheviki in German. The Ussuri River forms the eastern boundary of Manchuria. 300 Czccho-Slovaks Hanged. Amsterdam, August 23 Russian Red Guards, after tho capture of Mimbirsk, on the Volga, according to a Moscow dispatch to the Hamburg Nachrichten, publicly hanged in the market place 300 Czecho-Slovak prisoners, Tlie hanging, it is declared, were a reprisal for "atrocities" committed in tlie town during its occupation by tlie Czechs.

General l'etapoff. commander in chief of the ltd Guard Army in the Murmansk region, is a prisoner in the hands of the Allies, says a Pctrogrud dispatch to tlie Zeitung of Bremen. He was caught by peasants while attempting to tlee southward and handed over to the British. FIRST FRENCH ARMY HAS TAKEN 10,000 PRISONERS, 200 CANNON Paris, August 23 General Debeney. in command of the French force: in the Picardy battle, has issued the following addri'ss to his troops: "'Soldiers of the First French Army By tho side of our British Allies, yen have broken tlie enemy's attack, liberated Amiens, captured Mont-didier, occupied fortified positions overlooking Rove and cleared the sacred soil of France lo a depth of twenty-five kilometres.

"S.xteen German divisions in the battle have lost to us 1 0,000 prisoners. 220 cannon and enormous quantities of material." 540 TONS OF GASOLINE FOR U. S. ARMY BURNS IN PARIS Paris, August 23 Fire broke out last night on a liarge containing "ito tons of gasoline belonging to the American Expeditionary Forces. The conflagration has buineil continuously for fourteen hours, intermittent explosions being followed by clouds of smoke.

The lire has attracted the at-lenlioii of laige crowds of Parisians. 12 JAP RIOTERS KILLED Tokio, August 22 (by the Associated Press) Rice stores and twenty houses have been destroyed in the Prefecture of Yamaguchi by a mob numbering several thousand. In combats with the police twelve rioters were killed and seven slightly wounded. Ii. Tokio there have been l.aoe arrests since tlie beginniung of the rice riots The unrest in the has affected tlie dr-t-i' and d'sturb ma AND WOUNDS 19 MEN ON U.

S. S. ORIZABA Body of Commander William P. Williamson Is Brought to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Washington.

August 23 Commander William Price Williamson and threo enlisted men were killed and Commander R. B. White and eighteen men wounded by the accidental explosion of a depth charge on board the United States ship Oriziba, August 17. (Special to The Eagle.) Ilackensack, N. August 23 A lieutenant from a transport came to Ilackensack last night to notify Mrs.

William P. Williamson, daughter of W. R. Beam of this city, tlijit her husband, Commander William P. Williamson, had been killed in mid-ocean on August 17, while returning to America, by the premature explosion of a depth bomb.

Commander Williamson was a son of Rear Admiral Williamson, who died In June at Annapolis upon his return from tho Philippines. Commander Williamson was 32 years old, and was appointed a few months ago. Ho had made six trips across, and safely con-voyed 2 4,000 troops. Ho was married to Florence S. Beam seven years ago.

Thero are no children. The body is in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and may bo sent to Washington. THE PICTURE SECTION will be found Inserted in the news section of The Eagle today IE-L Massachusetts Senator Details Terms Warns Aga'nst Insidious German Propaganda. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, August 23 An earnest Earning against "insidious und German peace propaganda and I i declaration that peace must be I dictated to and not negotiated with Germany to place her in a position Where she never again can disturb it Hie world's peace, were made in the Bcnato today by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, runkir.g Republican of the Foreign Illations Committee. 0 I'eace terms which must and will be forced on Germany were spccifical- ly detailed by Senator Lodge, in ad- dressing the Senate in support of the manpower mil to extend the army draft ages.

They included complete restoration of Belgium, unconditional return of Alsace-Lorraine to France i and of Italia Irredenta to Italy, safety or Greece, independence fur Serbia ind Rumania, an independent l'oland, Independence of the Slav peoples and ji freedom of from German 1 domination, including return of Hus- tun territory wrested bv Germany in Lie Brest-Litovsk treaty. Furthermore, Senator Lodge dell Clartd Constantinople must be made ft free port and Palestine never rc-; ttore.it to Turkish rule. Can Xo Negotiated I'l nee. "The.ie are the principal conditions," he said, "which will givf a I victory worth having. Xo peace that i jatisfteu Germany can ever satisfy us.

It cannot be a negotiated peace. It must be a dictated peace, and we and cur Allies must dictate it." Germany undoubtedly will attempt I strong peace drive when she feels victory is slipping from her grasp, Senator Lodge asserted in solemnly giving warning against the least yicld- hg until' Germany Is "beaten tn her Knees," and such a peace, int'orced by dictation that will remove her for- tver as a possible disturber of the world's peace. "The Germans, repulsed and losing," Said Senator Lodge, "will undoubtedly resort to their other weapon, which they have used more than once during this war with terrible effect. will begin an insidious and poisonous peace propaganda. With this weapon they have succeeded in disorganizing it is the German propaganda which we shall be obliged to lace in the ensuing months and it therefore seems to me of the last importance to know exactly what we mean by peace.

Generalities will not serve. It must lie, it is commonly said we have all laid it a just and righteous peace. Democracy Xot the liolslicviki Kiwi. "But what is a just and righteous peace? We intend to make the world safe for democracy. But what cx-uctly do we mean by democracy? II' we mean, as we undoubtedly do, the democracy of England, France, Italv nnd the I'nitcd States, we can all un- uersianu out tne uoishoviki masquerade under the name of democracy and the Bolsheviki.

by a combination of treachery, corruption and ignorance, have reduced Russia to servitude under Germany and have engendered a form of democracy as dangerous to the world as the government of Hohenzollerns." "Most important of all," Senator Lodge continued, "if we are to have the world safe in the way we mean it to be safe, the great Slav populai tions now under the government of Austria -the Jugo-Slavs and Czechoslovaks, who have been used to aid the Germans whom they loathe must te established as independent states. Independence for Poland. "The Polish people, must have an Independent Poland, and wo must liave these independent states created to that they will stand across the pathway of Germany to the east, frothing is more vital than this for a Just, a righteous and an enduring peace. "The President, as you all remember, has announced the vast importance of sustaining Russia. If Ger-Xnany continues to hold a large part of Russia, the world for years to come will he under the shadow of another great war which will surely be precipitated upon us when Germany lias developed her Russian possessions to the point of yielding her men, money and supplies.

"Constantinople must he finally taken away from Turkey and placed in the hands of the Allied nations as a free port, so as to bar Germany's way to the East and hold the Dardenelles open for the benefit of mankind. "We must not he beguiled into concessions to Turkey in the hope of separating her from Germany. It would be a miserable outcome to have Turkey retained in Europe, a curse to her subjects and neighbors, a plague spat and a breeder of wars. Her massacres must not under any pretense he condoned at nor her iniipiities rewarded. Let Turkey and Bulgaria share the fate of their master and he so treated that they will be unable again to trouble the world.

"Palestine must never return to Turkish rule and the persecuted Christians of Asia Minor the Syrians and tho Armenians must be maiio safe. Talk of Annihilating Germany Foolish. "It is idle to talk about our not annihilating tho German people. No body, of course, has any such idea. It could not be done, even if we wished to do it.

We are not engaged in this war to try to arrange a government for Germany. The German people must do that themselves and they will pet precisely the government they prefer, whose purposes and ambitions and barbarism they share and sustain. No Clve and Tako Poaco. "The results which we must have nd which I have ventured to outline can never be obtained by a negotiated peace." 0 was largely a faiiur flew was the money DEATH LIST IN CANOE TRAGEDY NOW 18; NO OTHER BODIES FOUND Hope That Additional Survivors Will Be Found Practically Abandoned -Boats Drift In. Although no more bodies have been found since the recovery of the lifeless form of Mrs.

Julia Corley, there was little iibubt today, even in the minds of the most sanguine, that those missing from the party since the Koeknway Inlet canoe tragedy Wedivsday night must have perished. With additionaFnaiiK's added to tne list of missing today this means that in all probability at least eighteen persons lost their lives. A final list is still impossible because of the difli-cully of si curing the names of all who went on the beach parly trip with the members of the Shecpshead Bay Canoe Club and because of the lack of a central authority to check up all names of the missing, but recapitulation of the stories' of "survivors' iiniT a clu cking of l'sts held by W. V. Gould, who was in charge of the outing, establishes Ihose lost as numbering eighteen practically beyond doubt.

(Ji)" group of three believed missing yesterday afternoon was reported safe today, hut word of others reported missing and known' to have been on the canoe outing increased the list of over yesterday. Unless there have been miraculous rescues out at sea. it would seem definite that nil of those on the following list must have been drowned Mrs. Julia Corley, Putnam avenue (body recovered Miss Olive Best. 155 Madison street.

Miss Margaret MeUonoiigli, 4IM Third street. Miss Agnes MeGowan, 190 Franklin acnuc. J. 1. Montoloon, 4115 DcKalb avenue.

John E. Tufts, 201 Franklin nveiiiie. Arthur Bersstroin, 30 Park place. Thomas Corley 515 Putnam avenue. Thomas M.

Bruce, 611 Fast Sixteenth street. Manhattan. lfynuin Sturninn, liOlJi East ix-tei nth street, Manhattan. Henry J. C'liristoffers, 81 Amersfo.

place. Iiisign F.dward 51. Fitzgerald, U. S. 5J.

11. 51 Johnson street. Miss Kllen Hedlunil, 517 Sterling place. ltolMTt Brockmollcr, 592 Quiney street. Henry Sauter, 834 Boyd avenue, Woodliaven.

Miss Flla Daly, address unknown. llcutuna, Cohen to have been in Christoffers' canoe. In addition to those persons who probably lost their lives, there are a number of those who went in the party who are contined to their homes today, some seriously ill from tlie exposure and exhaustion duo to their long struggle in the water. Ono of these is Einar Dahlstrom, 19 years old, of 486 Prospect place. He swam for several hours after the accident and then was washed ashore, almost dead.

Rescuers worked over him for more than an hour and he came to. He is in a serious stato Joday at his home. Survivors Serlonsly 111. Vincent Russo of 211 Taaffp place, found clinging to a buoy, and Kmile Renter of 309 West Fourteenth street, Manhattan, who clung to a boat all night long, are also seriously ill. Ton canoes that went out with tho Continued on Page 2.

-I it i was largely a About all that, III i 4 fell dent to the need for additional service nil Ihp I I'On (I wn v-1 i in tivcnnn I elevated line on Saturday 'nights. a result, beginning tomorrow, four C-ear trains are to be operated in this service between the hours of 1 1 p.m. and midnight. A definite promfce has been given the Commission bv the B. It.

T. that service on the Flatbush avenue sur- face line will be improved. Addi- tional crews will be provided and more cars will be run Recent cheeks of the service by the Commission showed some Iwiimvprnont. but more service is urgently demanded, Commissioner KraeUe informed Ihe coin-pan v. The company has also been directed to improve the service at once and to maintain the increase on the Culver elevated lino nnd to supple- ment the service on the West End and Sea Beach lines in both rush hours and non-rush hours, to supply more cars for the Graham avenue line operating over the Brooklyn Bridge.

uiu to provide additional service on the St. John's place line. ITALY'S FOREIGN POLICY BASIS OF CONTROVERSY Rome, Thursday, August 22 The newspapers are having a rather bitter Tho Cnrri'n'm s.r.', nf iiin I a portion of the press in attacking naron isonnio, tne loreign minister, and asserts that he has not bren sufficiently liberal and openminded in recognizing Ihe claims of the Jugoslavs on the Eastern Adriatic. The opposing group is led by the Giornalc D'ltalia of Rome. It argues that Baron Sonnino must adhere to the agreement made in London in September.

1914, with the understand-! ing that once Austria is beaten, Italy will be generous in dealing with her I eastern neighbors. INVESTIGATE R. R. ACCIDENT Lynbrook. L.

August 23 Justice of tlie Peace E. T. Xeu, acting as coroner, started the inquest in the Lynbrook court room yesterday morning to determine the responsibility for the death of Mrs. Eva White of Jewell street. Greenpoint, who was killed at the Broadway railroad crossing on August 16.

After examining several witnesses an adjournment was taken until Monday morning. 'Will Echo to the Great Bertha Have a Yankee Accent Paris Paper Asks Paris, August 23 In special type L'Heure prints prominently this enigmatic note: "Will tho Echo to the Great Bertha Soon Be Heard? Will That Echo Have a Yankee Accent?" i I feaptin-od by the Brilih, was strongly dclVr.did by til: Gerni'Mis. but tank's roared rp to the 'wn and cleared tlie way rio i id ry. which through the place and pushed l'ui'ward to thr. ilmy-Alticrt read.

Happy Vallc y. to the north of Bray, was the set ne of more hard lighting before it was taki'n. 'the place, was witii machine guns and honeycombed with dugouts. It was a hard job for the British, but they fjnailv it. Aftir being weil mopped up the Orrinans launched a counter attack and temporarily in pishing tlie Britisli out, but the position is retaken soon after-Ward.

There has been more desperate righting today in front of Achiet-Le- i Grand but with tho British force pushing through Gomiecourt the enemy cannot hold out long in this i position. I 2 Towns ClinniTod Hands Fire Times. I There also has been heavy fighting BIG BATTLE IN PROGRESS ALLIES GAIN EVERYWHERE London, Aimust A is miir; tin. ay in France tin oik- nf tho wiiU'Ht fronts of the war. II t.

Mends fro about nil milts north from Soisrons. lu re, 10 news rereivt tl hero from tho battlefroiit! the battle booa t-oiiiLf for the Fntontc Allies. Tin r.ritish Tn.itl A rmy lias gained more than a m.Io on a front of more than seven miles. Tho F.riliyh Fourth Army lias gained more than two miles on a front of seven miles. The Fourth Army has taken more than 1,500 prisoners today.

The Third Army eapturcd over T00 Oormnns in the town of Gomiecourt alone. Albert Stormed by British.) In the fighting south of the River Somme the British have extended their line on a front of more than five miles, pushing into the German defenses at the greatest depth for about two miles. Details of the fighting just north of the Fbmme, which continues, show that Albert actually was stormed by the British, who crossed the river to the south and struck, anticipating the probable German intention to withdraw from the pocket which was rapidly being created here. The Germans now are fighting desperately in tho region of Gomiecourt. South of Gomiecourt the British also begnn an attack this morning anil are pushing forward all along the line.

Reports from all points say that tho battle, which seems to have developed into one of the greatest of the war from the standpoint of men and guns engaged and tho. length of front, is going on victoriously for tho British troops. Field Marshal Haig's men are killing great numbers of Germans and are making steady progress everywhere In spite of resistance from tho enemy, who, If ho retreats, acknowledges that ho Is beaten and if he stays and fights It out Is bound to suffer tho heaviest casualties. Tanks Roared t'p to Meanltc The town of Meaulte, which was Slav politicians. Roye and Noyon Now Nearly in Allies9 Grasp Paris, August 23 (Havas Agency) August 18 and 20 resulted in tho cap- in the region of Miraumont, Igard and Dovecote, just in front of to which positions thai British retired yesterday when tho Germans attacked with heavy forces, changed hands five times.

The British now seem to have secured final pos- session of this region as other British troops are sweeping around In the rear. There was hard street fighting and hand-to-hand engagements in Albert, the Germans resisting desperately from houses and barricades. Hero alone 7.r0 Germans were captured and a large number of the enemy who resisted were killed in the mopping up process in which bombs were dropped into cellars and dugouts. Troops which passed through the town are now reaching out in the direction of tho German stronghold on Tura Hill, righting On "0 Mile Front. The fresh attacks launched by the British this morning were both to tho north and to the south of the bnttlo zone In which the British were lighting yesterday.

By this extension of the front a. battle now is being fought along a line nearly thirty miles ioag stretching from a point near tbn Co.ieu! River on the north to the region well south of ilcrleville on tho south. The Brilish London. A battle Is being fought on the lino between Lihons, south of tlie Somme, to tho Cojeul River, south id' Arras, a front of more than twenty-tive miles, according to the siatctiHiit issued at tho War lillee today. Tin? Britisli truups are making progress at a number of points, tlie htate-ment says, and adds that two enemy attacks east of 11.

aueourt wero repulsed during the night. Gn the l.js the statement says, the British line was slightly advanced east, of I.e Totiret, northwest of NeuC Brriiuln and east of Gntter-steen. Tho text of tho statement reads: "Fighting Is taking place along virtually tho whnlo front between Lihons, south of the Suinme, and tlie. The Franco-British successes Thurs- day increased the menace to Uoye and Nnvnn ml rendered tlreir fall near say's the Echo de l'aris. It adds that Paris has been mado safer by the operations of the army of General Humbert and that Soissons has been mado more secure by the capturo of Pommiers and Vauxrezis.

L'llomme Libre says there is reason to hope for important events in tho next few days in the region of Noyon. The Allies are reaping the fruits of tho victories of July 18 and August 8 in the present criticnl situation in which the German command llnds Itself. The German retirement around Noyon, it Is held here, is the logical consequence of those victories. Tho FrencU and British are pressing tho enemy so close that ho is obliged to throw In his best troops to save himself from disaster. In tho north and in tho south the Allies are dashing upon the Germans and snapping up prisoners and booty, sometimes getting into the main enemy defense positions.

General Mangln'a pressure between tura of more than 10.000 prisoners -ul mi the 22d he forced the General von Eben is in such a predica ment, it is believed, that he is bound make a formidable counter-attack to halt General Mangin or be obliged to withdraw from tlie Alsne and Vesln to thu Chemin des Dames. If the enemy docs not counter-attack along the Ailetto it probably will mean that General von Eben is in a sadder plight than is thought here. No Haste to Take Itoye. In the north the British Third Army lias pushed the Germans ro dangerously near Rapiiume that the German command has found It necessary to eounter-attaek In force. Tho loss of Bapaume in tho present circumstances would amount to a disaster, according to opinion here.

Tho front from Lnsslgny to tho Somme remains stationary. Expected fall of Roye has not yet occurred, but thero Is no hurry about that as Royo has lost Its Importance now that all tho roads leading to it are under the nre of tho French artillery and useless to the enemy,.