Progress of the War.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16289, 13 August 1918, Page 6

Progress of the War.

There has been no dramatic development in the offensive, which is continuing very satisfactorily according to Foch's plan. The drive eastward has progressed in the centre beyond Chaulnes, and the line is now, roughly, the same as it was on July Ist, 1910. Rove is threatened from the north and west by the main offensive, and from the south-west by the French advance between the Matz and the Oise. The further development of the offensive, which is .losing nothing of its vigour, will compel the enemy to withdraw to a general line along the Somme south of Peronne. His resistance is increasing as the salient flattens, just as in the case of the counter-offensive between the Marne and the Aisne. Although he is still strong enough to offer a tremendous resistance—a fact that is not surprising when it is remembered that he was in offensive strength before the attack began—he has had less success in saving men and material than he had last month. The number of prisoners taken is uncertain, but it must be 50,000 by now, and there has been a great capture of guns. Reports from "ohe Soissons-Rheims sector are meagre, but the Allied forces are continuing to attack, and it is believed that the enemy's retirement beyond the Aisne is imminent.