Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-07
ALLIES DRIVE ON;
BRITISH IS MILES,,
FRENCH 70 MILES
Gain Highly Important Ground
as They Drive Germans Before
Them on Wide Fronts.
HUN DEFENSES CRUMBLE
nv Associated Press to Every Evening

nv Associated Press to Every Evening
London. Sept I. Acceleraiiug tho
flight Of the rctreating Germans the
British. French and American armies
gained important new grounds last night
and today along the entire front from
the Aisuc to the west of tnmbrai
In the northern part of The front the
British have pushed forward on front
Of more than ID miles They have
driven in hard upon the left Hank of
the German line protecting 1ambrai
along the canal du Nord, occupying the
greater portion of Eavrincourt wood and
capturing several additional towns to the
southwark
South of the Somme tho French arc
rcportnd 10 have effected y gain TO an
average of two miles on 20 milo front
They took the important town ot lerg-
MGR. only two and ono half miles from
the Iiindenburg line at La tero and
swept over several towns northward
towards the British front IN their progress
rtGur roR VITAL FoITr.
II Vas beyond the D,se. however that
Gen Petain forces made Their most
important gains. General Naugln army
has difficult tack before i hero. wh"re
tho Germans arc established IN the cX-
noint uf thcIr defensive system Tho
French already have pushed through
te outlylnF lower forest Of Coucy how
ever andby taking Barle,s hive, gnns
10 press in upon the 81 tIobalneMa7slf
eFRuAvs rnRcEp otr.
In FLANDERS the British have gained
more ground driving IN farther towards
tho VI assslnos ridge IN the vicInitv of the
town of NcsaineE and cdgng eastward
farther surthward II In Basseo As
whole through the campaign lnauglraicd
/ by Marshal Fnch on July : and N
particular through he sranc"-l'rif'sh
/ drive during August the German stroke
| ~ March u has nov lcen virtually
| cancelled The Germans have been
| puahed from all the tcrrit ory they con
| enlered by the great offensive they opened
on thai date except for a narrow strip
between In Ferc and Cambria
Along his old lIne The enemy now 4
facing an allied force Tint is under q
| unified command and that instead q
| somewhat fcarfuIly awaiting . powerful
| German stroke is on the aggressive anC
nouerfnlly reinforced bv the imposing
mass az American forces that has beer
transported to- France since the early
Spring
At points along this front the Frenct
auparrntIv have reached beyond IN
former German defensive line IN oftl
clal statement from Paris shows them ol
the edges Of the upper forest Of Couc,
also pnrt Of the It Gobain hastlol
defending Iaon. and they are olhciail,
ed to have pushed into big strctcI
Of entirely new ground IN this area. Th
Germans are desperately resisting here
FoRcI>G TIE FoE on AIsNE.
On the Aisnc + be French have take
the Condc for and Condo Sur-Al
when their movement threatens IN
Germans who still arc cllnging 70 th
river to the east along the front held b
the Americans Thus II seems ther
can hardly be more than momcu
tar, halt by he enemy mere and th
reports from the american front ndlcat
the Allied lines already are moving aheae
particularly 10 the east, towards Rheims
where . movement y IN progress TO tore
the Germans ont OF the angle south {
the Aisne where they are yet holdlnl