26 OCTOBER 1918, Page 2

The French armies south of the Oise have by . steady

pressure compelled the enemy to fall back from the neighbourhood of La Fare

ripen the so-called " Minding " line between the Serre and the Aisne, north and north-east of Laon. The Germans seem resolved not to abandon a foot of French soil until they are compelled to do so by Marshal Foci's skilful outflanking movements, so that their retreat is relatively slow. But the French Tenth Army broke through the " Hunding " line north of Laon last Saturday, and this success must quicken the enemy's- retirement from the Serre Valley.