'There was no sign, however, of an Allied counter-attack' which had been believed! imminent following the ar~ rival of fresh masses of troops, tanks and artillery on. the German danks, Allied armies thus far have not engaged. the bulk of their forces which fre intact, "The battle today reached a degree of fury never before attained in any clash of armies. As two main motor {aod columns pushed forward, riding over Allied obstacles and advanced from Cambrai to Arras on the north lank of operation and from Laou, St. Quentin and. Peronne to Amiens on the south, German nir force units went wild with destructive fury.
Thousands of parachute troops! jumped from Tow-fying planes and floated to the earth bent on errands fof arson and. dynamiting. They car-fied in their hands lighted torches and Yan over the countryside, setting everything ablaze, "in the maze of blazing villages, railway yards and factories, Allied armies continued t0 shift their forees to mest the attack, But the fire spread. unchecked and pall of smoke hung over north-eastern France' tonight—fence a comparatively rich region of textile factories, coal mines and sugar refineries,
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