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PAGE EIGHT ? <^===Z'==^ 9 wf~ "N* ?*A , *>\ W / ;. ' & .Bf V #* G0? , NOW" |f't 'Sr#T vor Not "cut prices" out pi h * > muin i< fore have to charge il* we bought wholesali "T All weights from feather to mcdiui ?np, cool weather. All standard models in ?roi . service. Don't buy to hoard, but bu\ c ply met. T1 ese values are sure to get 12 l-2c, 15c, 1 Sc. 20c t ; = c ' TOWN OF ALBERT ^ r-iiow v V V. HAS BEEN TAKEN previous < '*? ? w over ii fr<i ret (Continued from Page 1.) driven for ue , . . go w *.? ni'l tains ae 8 across ttfe'/VTsfttr/ tilling a i f * Viewed in all its aspect-, the at- prisoner ;s lied offensive seemingly show that hea\> <as; > * -General Foeh now has the initiative | still (at ' entirety in his own hands and that i j.yS sectoi V he proposes to press his advantam | Vtlon for the little more than two months miles has of good fighting weather that re- who have main before the winter season sets uppi ccialil In. Indeed, it is not improbable tie line ru that he may e|e t to keep after his N'umero 0uarry even when the eold descends, been liber The Germans nowhere are -landing east oi S< with their usual /est and Koch now been cjipr has a greatly strengthened army tps,. river Poc.h Is obtaining from across seas tenalde i'o ? 1hn strength in splendid manpower the impon that will permit him to work onf his js now ot strategy in his own time and domii Even the German newspapers now from the C are accepting as true, although re- south the jS luetantly. the statement hv the Sempignv. American secretary or war concern- tant, whli .^ng the strength of the American captured t forces in France Rome of them, of Hassigr however, , re endeavoring to mini- yon and t mize the number actually in battle With tl ' * *rray. French es come und< , (Wednesday.) Mangin's m The tide of defeat still surges way line j - heavily against the Herman armies ward to . in France and Flanders t)n four ing line. Important sectors French and Hrit- gauge roa leh arms again have been served, may tram and the entire Herman front from beyond th Ypres, In Belgium, to Roissons, on tillery. the Aisne. now is more seriously \t last menaced than before pressing t French troops of f.eneral Mangin. Hermans operating from the region two mile, with fan) northwest of Roissons to the Hi e k;,y f ,r river, and those of Heneral Humbert gun and fighting between the Wise and the , as keep! Matz have materially pushed for The \rrs ward their fronts, bringing them t has been positions which threaten to compel >f Mo ,| <, the Immediate evacuation of the en and soufl tire Homme-oisp <*allonf from liravo lino has I to Noyon. ' eonformlt; Farther to the north between Al- On the J>ert and Arras, Field Marshal lia^yiave deli\ ^ haau. m mm 1? Summer r / \ e- tor liny Now :i 11 <1 / i *" Values of the Ye: f\ A I y'y " I'nltn r?eaeh, 3 I f// I, Linen and in fact 111 IiPm I' h suits, including lij It lilL ' i f'na' Pr'l*ed. 1' jIIIk k ' sizes in tin /\ J (very size in eacl < ilJf su'*s * li J' j| usually good sunn I V/f I >'ou fi,ld your size I W' I prices gives you v I JV we've offered this L il\ SJ5Vcu mind th;Jt it may r i \ r%m* suits Mil sell for III I \ ( I 1/ \ JlZZ. $22.50 Suits.. .. I / \ $20.00 Suits. . . . II ;! \ $18.00 Suits . . . . || I l\ $15.00 Suits. . . . rrd 5r>L \ $12.50 Suits. . . . ^ Wfflk $11.50 Suits. . .. . N $7.50 Suits $5.50 Suits . 3 ** Knit UNDERWEA R-a ho S * that onl LL-., 'v. say jj B freely bj? r: w 9 \ v * * 0. ' j* ' THE LANCASTER NEWS. LAN< mcaster Depar "Tin* Host Place to Shop A DBYE OUR BRANDS OF toils for Men ! Hot- ttf/mi JVftuTirr Yoirn ?,s, WOMEN S ir 1JUS. A dohair. Kool Kloth. JJChQIpffV all summer weight a M\JLJMMuMX A ^ rh\ woolens are now ? sale although not Look Well and Wear Well i style. Only about hat remain of an miner stock?but when They're the finest brands the market >, the saving present er;l| Qf them we have been offering to t rill be the largest , . , , . vear And bear in years and we know they re the best lookin be years before such est wearing makes of hose that are beinj hese low pi ices. satisfaction they will give you w ill more t Slfi.oO sum thev cost. $15.00 $1:1.50 Cotton Hose, Black and White, extra qua $11.50 Lisle Hose in Black, White and Colors. Sp JjJ- Silk Boot Hose in all the desirable shades, S"> >"> Silk Hose, in Silver, Tan, Gray, Chai .$1.25 and White $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $ IR Values |F=ip ^ j tH JLL stiff Make Your Home a Better P i i *si wtn <li cucrrnnnhlo wonl lio?% U' iwiM n uii i \\ k: IN mini * * * L? today. uouldn t a new rujr here and there ma n suitable for hot and comfortable and improve its general a i grades that give real ruKs ant' *'oor coverings of all sorts won' so vour need- are am- ('? now 'or years probably. And we for your approval new fall stock (a large one too) for les pay today, making our prices still more o 82.(10 ueful to you. < <1 >ip his succes i s of i.o'k in an endeavor to recoup in the lino a lavs li> a new offensive part the losses they have sustained. | < ini of about ten miles and Their efforts, however, were frult-l At las ward his troops for splen- loss, for the liritish everywhere were still over the entire line, rap withstood their assault ami pushed unotneial lumber ol villages, taking '.ok the enemy beyond the points on variou and nuns and intlirt hil- <>f iiis departure. of the i tallies on the enemy What is to bo the effect of the French o flier north. In the famous 111 i<*<! dines along the l'jo-mile hat-. Along i . a general eastward ad- tie line from Ypres to Soissons can- Arras, Fi a front of more than four not tie foretold at present, hut it also have been made In the Itriti h seems highly probable that 'his en- tactics ag brought their p?> ifions 'ire front soon must lie realigned been com \ nearer the old 1'' 1 '1 hat- This particular menace to the <;er- ward aim nning east of \rnient iere - mans, aside from that in the teni- Cermans us additional villeges have lory between the Somnie and the to no jm ated by the French tioith Oi.-o, appears to be on the sector vanced th lissons and positions have along the Vesle river from Sois-ons village tired on hotli sides of the t< Hheinis, which from the war lfaig rial which seemingly make un- maps looks to he untenahle. Kven inovemenl r occupation by the eneniv, th< Aisne and the Choniin Dos Dames cance att; taut town or Noyon, which do not appear to he any too safe for fact tha it flanked on the multicast a defense line If (Jeneral Mangin driven ba nated by the French guns presses much further northwest of upon the south and west. On the Soissons. in Decern French are standing in j !.> a mile and a half dis- (Tuesday.) I Norfhw e on the west they have From Soissons to the Helgian bor- has been he important pivotal town ??er the (Jerinan armies in various orations iv. tin* key position to No- important set-tors are Doing put to of Merv.l he plains to the north the test by the French antl British, of Vierh< le latest atlvanees by the Antl it is a test that seemingly bodes also realist of the Oise there has III for the Teutonic arms, for no- ette. T1 ^r the range of General where have they been aloe to sus- ward mo guns the broad gauge rail- tain the shocks. a half an leading from Voyon east-; Northwest t?f Soissons, from the the road I.n-Fcre the sole remain- Alsne to the Oise, north of the Olse listaires. except for two narrow to the region around Roye, in the I itls, over which the enemy Arras sector and northward on the Taken (port his men and supplies famous l.ys salient. the Hermans ries of f if range of the French ar- everywhere have been compelled to importan fall back under the pressure of the the l-'rer f accounts Halg was still French antl British troops. taken In forward on the heels of the New Offensive. cessful n between Albert antl Arras,; In a new offensive launched by sector an cs innumerable clearing the the French general, Mangin, tm-r a Beauvrai fht> infantry ami machine, front of approximately flfte?n antl aseemlngl; the fieltl artillery w hi- h half miles, from Mailly, on the Oise. I forces fn i g c|<i--e up to fl.<> d-. Mtee ii (be Alsne, near , Sotssons. 'thel-oon niui Mhert railway already I'retnh in their bitter; fighting haveiand rein ewtsst-tl by the ll-iti h ea t carried forward their Lee to an av cents ntj iv St Marie and Mereatel. erage depth of two and a?hn11 miles, von is w i of these towns the new and iti the first phases of the hattl" and stmt ten pressed eastward In had turned to FftthPTi , possession it none y. numerous enemv-h tftik yilinip s and sons, and f.vs salient the Hermans farms. In addition, nfore than S.OO'i tier the ,erpd a violent counter at- Germans had been herded behind troops nt H ASTER. S. I. FRIPi tment Stores i fter All." ' u * 4 ^ H SALE OF BOYS'I If you will just look at these suits, s 'ou w'" purchase one or two of them J, ' ?u the spot for your boy. They are Jjjjjj |K W? made from the kind of materials you Jjiill ^ ^ know from experience will jrive your * ^ boy jrood wear; and display styles that l|||| ' will never fail to show him off at his best. Some have pinch backs; some \ ~ri affoids. Sev- |iavon(t with plain or knickerbocker ho nnhlio for + XT,.*,. *1.,. l.i? ninz.no ..... V.....A i * ? li uusci " . iiic jncv.cn *> c nave iK and the fin- sliced from the prices they usually sell f woven. The f*>r. han offset the $9.00 Suits $7.50 $7.50 Suits $6.00 lity. . 15c Pair $6.50 Suits $5.00 ecial 25c $5.50 Suits $1.25 50c to 85c I*r. iiipagne, Black *5.00 Suits 1.75 and $2.00 $4.50 Suits $.4.25 ( i Luxurious Bain Towels irioa . r f so,t' "spongy" sorts with jus lace to LlVe In make your rub-down invigorating. S difficult to obtain these days but we for ill kppn vou indoors 4^.1 *u:~ 1 . . tuitti (tctcu iui nun iui iwii^, ? men \ ike your home more basis of what we paid rather than ^ ppearance? Surely. wholesale now. t cost less than the\ You'll do well to secure a year's suj unately bought this doubtful about being able to offer such s than wed have to ma many months> 1 important and valPriced 20c, 25c, 35c, 10c, 50i s prisoners. ward, is not across, the Aisne. depth i ... ii....i. i...... I 'pi... ............ ...i. ...... ....... 1? <> in . < in< ' i <i in.i ii' mm <i i ?ni iiuuru i j' | I II I'i'il t reports Mangin's men contesting with tin* British points of, prisons hard after tin' enemy ami vantage on tin* litis south of tho| l imt accounts plana! tin* French Homme. n?ar I'haulnes, and north ofjture t> s si'stiii.s will iii ad vani's | lioyo, which arc still in (icrmun station lositioiis outtlni'd in the hands, and which are the keystones the im Ificial communication. to the enemy defense line. With the'the piv he Scarpe river, east of capture of lteauvraig'ies by the lietwee eld Marshal Haig's forces French however, Itoye apparently Is hut tie kept up their harassing on the eve of falling and with its of this ainst the enemy, who has fall douhtless the entire line north-j View pelled to fall hack east- ward to the Somnte also will give gains ng the Scarpe river. The way Import resisted vigorously, hut all The (jerinans In the Merville soc- aside rpose. and the lliitish ad tor of the Lys salient everywhere the en leir lines to the east of the are hcing closely followed hy the acknov of Fampoux. Although British, as they give us positions un- in the mod only a slight forward der attack at last accounts they more t here, particular signiti- were showing no indication that an within ichos to it hv reason of the immediate halt is in their mind. On will hi t the (Scrmans have heen the Lys front, although the tier- grade, ick until they are virtuallv mans are showing some resistance .mean old hattle line as it stood they are not putting their wonted lines a her. !! 17. heart into their work. least ai s Salient Narrowed. There has heen little fighting rogion ard the |,ys salient again along the Vesle river, w here the I The narrowed down by the op- Americans and French are faring away of the British, who, north the enemy. I jsh an le, have taken the villages J the (5 ^ek and La Couronne, and (Monday.) lions hed the hntnlet of l/Kpin-! The flerrnans on three Important' hig we liis gain represents a for- sectors of the western hattle front i.etwee venient of about a mile and have heen compelled to give tip posl must i id places the British astride tions of great strategic value under I'nd running southeastward to the onslaughts of the British and! jsh ar French troops. those mportaiit Victories. | In the Lys sector west of Arnien Lasslg all in all. the new vlcto- tides the enemy has retreated ovei north v he allied troops are highly n front of nearly six miles, leaving now a t ones The advances of th<- town of Merville in British their i ich northwest of Solssons. hands Between the Mat/, and Oise allied eonjttncfion with the snc- r i \ r - the French have fought their and s< lanoeuvres on the La- 'iiv way to the western outskirts of the; parent d south of Roy?, w her dominating position ol Lassigny and the pi gnes has heen raptured, farther south in this hill and wood Sonim< / finnan* that the eneinj e<| region have debouched from the Aisne a in the Somtne to the Olso Tliie -court wood and also rapturedi The d rive up their positions the town of I'imprez. situated in the | irjitiot at eastward Indeed, it Oise valley on the Noyon-Complegne tacks I d itnprohahle now that No- road dellvei oil outflanked on the south Around the curve In the hattle' |mit th beast and the fJertnnn -line liho northwest ' of Colssons the'in spe too obscure north of Sols- French from near Parolpont to Fon tratiot I that the enemy will he un- tenoy on the Aisne. a distance of ap- the ou necessity of moving Ivts^ pmj^tnteIy nine uiiles, have driven Thiesc irthward* from the Vea^' *he enemy to ^^^pverage iMm^V vev . r-jF VY, AUGUST 23, 1918. J| ^ } \ * * WITS > ruv * UJlMUJP^r- ^ feraiely Priced it enough "body" to * inch sorts are very esaw a shortage and ve are selling on the what they're worth )ply at once?we'?*e i values as these for vv^ c to $1.00 _ ? >1 more than a mile and cnpseveral villages and 2,200 V 'lleial reports record the capy the British of the railway A ? oil the western outskirts of m V pnrtant town of Koye, one o^. y otal points on the battle fronc^ V n the Soinme and the Oise, eie is no official confirmation ^ J .I'd on the war maps, the 1 in new operations are most ant ones for the allies, for, * ' front wide areas over whlei/ emy has been compelled to v ledge defeat the weakening f (Sernian defense Is becoming noticeable and apparently a short time they probably forced to commence a retromovement on a scale that will the entire blotting out of old nd the taking up of new ones id southeast possibly from the of Kheims to Ypres. , I,ys salient is fast fading under the attacks of the Brltd th?* voluntary retirement of ertnans to new defense posl astward and seemingly the sterly bulge into the allied lino n Ypres and La-llasse soon disappear. er the new gains of the Brltound Koye and particularly made by the French from nv to the Olse valjey and iOSt of Soissons. the Germans f^M' r* In n bad predicament. Here1- y positions are dominated by the jPLl jjniiH from tho west. southwest J nitb for many miles and aply a r?'t if at oast ward aorosw a ins of I'bardy and ovor the ' r? ami oven front the western . will bo necessitated late fJornian official coin noun- ? i states that the French at- J hotw 1*1*11 the Oise and tho Alsna ' od f?vor a wide front failed, io French war office stateinont!*^0 cilie in announcing the g^r t of the environ^ of vi tflng of a lUayfrwp ^Jr on it wood at?i ^ JL* f