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INTERESTING AND PERTINENT TOPICS OF THE DAY LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF GREAT WAR Over the greater part of the line between the Aisne and the Manic the French and Americans are still pushing eastward Their most pronounced progress appears to have been chiefly on the more southerly part of the line the dash in the north ¬ ern sector apparently slowed up somewhat somewhatThe The allied forces control the plateaux to the southwest of Soissons SoissonsFurther Further south the allied advance has established itself at the village of Vicrzy has passed the Mauloy wood east of Villers Ilelon and has driven to the towns of NeuillySt Front and LicyClignon The capture of NeuillySt Front one of the most important towns in the field of the advance south of the Ourcq was officially announced this morning morningDespatches Despatches said the fighting today was spreading southward toward Chateau Thierry Indications were it was stated that a great battle all along the AisncMarne line seemed to be impending the Germans having brought up reinforcements in an effort to stop the steady push of the allies alliesSouth South of the Marne there has been a tightening of the defensive all along the fourteen and onehalf mile line between Fossoy and Oeuilly where the Germans are fighting with the river at their backs backsThe The advance of the allies south of the Marne from Fossoy to Oeuilly as officially reported may be decidedly significant The German front is here so extended that it is not improbable that the enemy lias begun a retirement from the perilous position into which he had advanced Monday and Tuesday It has been pointed out that the situa ¬ tion of the Germans from Chateau Thierry eastward to the point where their line crosses the Marne is dangerous in the extreme if the allied effort on the front north of Chateau Thierry makes further progress progressThe The Germans on the front south of ihe Marne have suffered a repulse by the French and are retreating southward across the river Routers cor ¬ respondent at the French headquarters telegraphed yesterday afternoon to London LondonSix Six of Gen Pershings divisions or about 200000 American troops are fighting with the French in the present offensive in the AisneMarnc district Gen March chief of staff yesterday advised mem ¬ bers of the Senate Military Committee at their weekly conference conferenceOfficial Official reports of the War Depratment Gen March said showed a maximum penetration by the FrancoAmerican counterattack of ten miles and an average penetration of seven miles on a twenty two mile front frontDuring During his interview Gen Marcli disclosed the fact that the embarkation of American troops lias passed the 1200000 mark markNo No report on casualties among the Americans en ¬ gaged has reached the War Department
