The French south of Roye have, on the contrary, advanced
steadily by a series of resolute attacks along the whole line to the Oise, and, beyond it, to the Aisne. With their left flank resting on the Canadian lines, the French First Army under General Debeney worked up the Avre Valley towards Roye, while at the same time outflanking the town from the south at Beauvraignes, which they reached last Saturday after heavy fighting. The French Third Army under General Humbert, on General Debeney's right, pushed forward through the wooded hills between Lassigny and the Oise. They met with stubborn resistance, but on Monday A general advance on a twelve-mile front brought the French to a line from the outskirts of Lassigny, along the eastern edge of the Thiescourt Woods, to the Oise at Pimprez, five miles below Noyon.
