Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1918 — FRIDAY WAR SUMMARY [ARTICLE]

FRIDAY WAR SUMMARY

All dispatches today indicate that she retirement of the German armies to the old Hindenburg line, whence they launched their great offensive on March 21, cannot now be long delayed. The French and British armies are sweeping relentlessly ahead eastward toward Cambrai, St. Quentin and Laon, while to the south the French and Americans have launched the drive expected for some time, which is likely to make, the Chemin des Dames untenable for the enemy. During the twenty-fourhours the British have captured Bapaume and swept beyond. The French have taken Roye and, according to unofficial reports, have dashed ahead twelve miles, to the gates of Ham. Apparently a retreat equal to the famous Hindenburg retreat of March, -1917, is under way, over the same ground, but instead of being unnoticed by the allies, is being conducted under costly and terrific pressure. Field Marshal Haig officially reports that “from Bapaume southward the enemy has been forced to abandon the ground he gained at such heavy cost last March and April.” The British are reported across the Somme, and the French are reported crossing the Ailette in force. The operation in which the Americans are participating between the Ailette and the Aisne, if successfully carried out, will make the Chemin des Dames positions.untenable to the Germans and likely will spell disaster to the enemy forces still holding out along the tVesle. At latest reports, the French and Americans, heavily supported by tanks, were making, good progress in this important drive. ■». — s