GERMAN RETREAT TO LINE OF THE AISNE THREATENED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16926, 12 August 1918, Page 6

GERMAN RETREAT TO LINE OF THE AISNE THREATENED.

FRENCH CROSSING OF YESLE MAY BREAK ENEMY FRONT f; Eeuter. LONDON, Aug. 9. H ';..>; Renter's correspondent at American headquarters, telegraphing £.:■ Ton Thursday afternoon, says: Despite bad weather General Petam is continuing to advance, and has already pushed sufficient forces across the Vesle to hold the bridgeheads on the right bank. The enemy '. risks having' his line cut through at its weakest point, severing the ;; ;■ : north-western end of the plateau from the strongly-held ridges to the V, east, thus threatening the direct line of retreat across the Aisne of the : ':■■'. -force now holding the ridges.. The tendency in that direction is the . enlargement of the front at La Neuvillette, a mile and a-balf north '■'■-, ■;':'.;", y of Kheims. ■: It will be instructive to see the enemy view of these ; threats, as indicating his strength. . Anything confirming the impression of a German shortage of men will have considerable weight in % :-; determining strategy,. ■■..-.'■ Wi&&t S • • '..;'•■■ -,'' ; '. *Vv ;; vJ.'w.'.V- ••.■■.:"V'v ; :.o..,!-.' : -: : . -V /•.'■'.• - ',v." :';:. fi'y- •if " J! ■■''""!'■' .■---O'-'Cw'■'■'■ '"■ -K'-.'-f' .''••' '■.' *. : .'-.' '-"• ■ '•' •-';-, .'.'.".'.. \ '■-.. ',•'■'.■:'-•. '•/.■' v ' ■-•■ .'.',. '-.' " '■'<■*; '.'^■'■-T : --'. V,s ■«•■■•■/JJ .'■•:<■.-.'.: ■T'i'r'-...'.,t>- •_:.■;;.-■■! ;.;-. ■;■-'- -..-.-.-....•.■. >:-...'■: ;-:..-::i - ...••..••-'.•?• :•.'-■; ..;■•* ; .•.•.■■• i-•:•.• ■-.'•■„ .-..■!.• ■•.■.•„-■■..*-:. .• ',-.