NEWS OF THE WEEK.
rilHIS has been a wonderful week on the Western front. Along the whole line from Lens to Soissons, the Allies have won victory after victory, culminating in the great British triumph of Monday, when the famous Hindenburg " switch " line was smashed by General Home's First Army. A week that saw the capture of Bapaume, Peronne and Noyon, a magnificent advance by the French and Americans to the western end of the Chemin des Dames, the evacuation of nearly all the Lys salient by the enemy, the storm- ing of the reputedly impregnable fortifications of Queant, held in exceptionally great force, and the general retreat of the enemy on the whole front between Lens and Reims, will count as one of the most remarkable in the war, however many surprises it has yet in store for us. The end is not yet, but this is the beginning of the end.
