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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1918
Page
2
Allied forces press the German retreat along the Somme with rear guard actions to slow movement. French gains extend from Albert to Fontenoy while Roye to Compiegne road advances push the front eastward. Air combat continues with 39 German and 23 British aircraft accounted for.
A wartime dispatch reports over 36 000 prisoners captured by the Allies and large quantities of war supplies seized. German forces are said to be rapidly falling back along the Chaulnes Roye Noyon line, with Allied gains continuing despite stiff resistance.
Tanks including the large models and whippets again delivered tremendous aid with minimal loss along the front in France. In a small town south of the Amiens Roye road French infantry requested British support due to heavy machine gun fire blocking their advance.
Five ponderous armored tanks rolled into a German village, crushing nine houses and obliterating enemy machine gunners. French infantry followed, finding no resistance. Germans boast of new anti tank rifles but tests show their ineffectiveness. British whippets maneuver around woods as German forces retreat toward their hives.
British field dispatch says German assaults with fresh reserves against Lihons and sides of the village were repulsed after fierce fighting. Despite localized penetrations, the line was restored and French forces cooperating to the south west and south of Roye made progress. A few prisoners were captured along the British front.
Berlin reports from the war office that violent enemy attacks along the battle front between the Ancre and the Aisne have failed. The communique was issued this evening via London.
War report outlines German counterattacks as Ludendorff struggles to stop British and French advances. Foch pushes toward Noyon while Chaulnes remains in British hands. Capturing Noyon could force a German retreat and trap von Hutier's army. Allies warn the hard fight continues with decisive blows ahead.
Paris August 11 German forces maintain the Chaulnes Roye Noyon line while Allied troops advance south of Noyon. Reserve units arrive and battlefront defense tightens from Noyon to Chaulnes as the enemy launches savage counterattacks west of Noyon to defend the town.
A Stockholm dispatch reports Sweden’s efforts lead to the release of British and French consuls imprisoned by the Bolsheviki in Moscow. The consuls were freed following diplomatic action and are expected to reach safety soon.
Chaulnes a key railway town in the Somme battlefront, vital to the German southern salient, has fallen to Allied forces. The capture was achieved by Australian and Canadian troops securing the town and its approaches.
Mrs May Barbera aged 24 of 9 Eaton street West End is in Massachusetts General Hospital in serious condition after a stabbing at her home at 10 30 pm found by her sister Mrs Ethel Doherty who lives below. Police hunt a man believed to be the assailant.
Allied forces north of the Somme press forward with stubborn fighting as they advance toward Bray. They traverse the northern spur east of Chipilly and Etinehem, while Grésaire Wood is cleared of the enemy as troops pass around it, despite gas pockets lingering in the area.
British and American forces press the line with tanks aiding advances. A tank with 12 volunteers led a charge, yielding heavy German losses and capturing officers and men. Up to 31 German divisions faced Allied action as prisoners pour in and retreat grows disorganized across Proyart Bray and Peronne.
Paris August 11 General von Hutier's forces appear to be driven toward a retreat beyond the Roye Lassigny line as three French units under Generals Rawlinson De Beney and Humbert press the attack on his right flank and rear.
General Rawlinson’s army advances 12 miles at the start of the offensive with a French First Army push. General Humbert delivers a southern stroke, aligning with the pre arranged plan. German retreat beyond the Somme appears likely though the river bend near Peronne offers some advantages to the defenders.
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