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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF GREAT WAR vvv ending on the Aisne MarneRheims battle front according to Associated Press dispatches of yesterday yesterdayAlthough Although official advices are lacking unofficial reports make it appear that not only are the allies rapidly continuing tlie process of ousting tlie Ger ¬ mans from their Manic salient but that u move ¬ ment may be in process of execution by means of which it is hoped to tray a goodly section of the Herman crown princes army armyDriving Driving in on tlie west the French now are re iwrtcd to have readied a point within three miles of the important road junction town of FercEn Tardenois where eight roads over which the Ger ¬ mans move troops and supplies converge convergeOn On tlie easterly side of the salient according to unconfirmed reports which have readied London Iritish troops have driven in a great distance to ¬ ward Fismes the real German base for the district south of the Aisne This town eleven miles from the last reported position of the British southwest of niicims lies about midway from the top of the pocket in which something like a half million Germans are massed massedEasterly Easterly and westerly movements are tending to converge to close the pocket Speed seems to be the watchword of the allies all along the line as at ¬ tested by orders on the American front to ignore machine gun nests and press on leaving detach jiicnts to deal with the German gunners gunnersear ear guards have again hurled themselves at the pursuing allied forces on the north bank of tlie Manic Before the momentum of their blow the allies were obliged to withdraw from the little wood to the north of the town of Treloup and were ceil back out of the village of Chassius a little farther east eastThe The success of the Germans was however short lived for they were immediately driven back by a renewed attack by the allies alliesIt It is estimated that there are 400000 Germans fighting within tlie triangle the sides of which are being squeezed by the allied forces forcesObstinate Obstinate resistance and the nigged nature of the country constitute obstacles in the way of closing the pincers at the narrow opening at Kheims and Soissons but the relentless pressure of the allies is gradually emptying the triangle of the enemy masses massesOn On the western front of the SoissonsKhcims sali ¬ ent the allied forces have advanced to an average depth of three miles on a twelvemile front during the last two days daysA A late dispatch of yesterday from tlie French army headquarters brings the information that the Germans desperately counterattacked all around the semicircle of the Marne The met the most power ¬ ful resistance from the French the Americans anil the British There were a few fluctuations in tlie line but the allies held well responding in the most vigorous manner to every attempt of the enemy to advance Fresh troops were thrown in by the allies to meet the enemy blow on both wings of the salient The artillery duel was most violent as the Germans had concentrated most of their guns on the flanks
