17 AUGUST 1918, Page 1

Last Sunday the enemy had B3 far recovered from his

confusion as to deliver a series of heavy attacks with flesh reserves on our new lines north and south of Lihons, with the object of delaying our entry into Chaulnes. Once the Germans broke into Lihons, but were quickly thrown out. All their other attacks failed with great loss. The French meanwhile continued their advance upon Roy° and Lassigny, and obtained a firm foothold in tho tangle of hills, between Lassigny and the Oise, which forms a natural bulwark before Noyon, and which protected the enemy's left flank.