The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-09
BRITISH WIN
TOWNS IN DRIVE
ON ST. QUENTIN
vllievegue, St. Emile and Harm
court Wood Captured by
Haig's Forces.
TAKE $4,000 HUNS IN week
French Take Village of 4Mennessis and
Penetrate tho Northern Fringe
OF st. 0obaln
Forest.

London, Sept. 9.--Capture by the
British of Villeyegue, six miles west OF
st. Quentin, st. Emile, six miles west
Of LIE Catalet and the greatest part Of
Harrincourt wood, is reported in the
official communication from Field Mar
shall Haig.
British Take 10000 Prisoners.
More than $4,000 prisoners were
taken by the British In France during
the first week of September, Field
Marshal Haig announces In his report.
Havrincourt wood is the formidable
natural position. which has been hold
ing up the British advance for days
astride the Bapaume-C Cambria high
road.
Fighting largely on the ground they
occupied before the opening Of Ger
many's March offensive, the allies
forced the enemy to yield from one to
two miles over the greater part of the
Pfcardy- y-Aisne front.
Havrincourt wood, an outpost of
Cambrai. has been cleared by the Brit
ish. Further south Field Marshal
Haigs men have pushed to within six
miles of st, Quentin.
The French have entered the north
ern edge of the forest of st. Gobain,
are less than three miles from La
Fere, while northeast OF scissors they
are uncoveriHg the west flank Of the
Chemin des Danes
French Make New Gains.
Paris, Sept. 9.-French troops have
captured the village OF Nemesis,
about four miles north of sTergnier,
and on the st. Quentin canal. Further
south they have penetrated to the
northern fringe Of the st. Gobain for
est, up to the outskirts of the village
of Servais, according to the French
Communication.
Aliiea at hlndenburo Line
The retirement OF the Germans has
brought the allies practically to the
Hindenburg line from Ypres to Reims.
That defense. however, has been over
run by the allies ir the north In the
south the French have punctured the
line to the west of st. .GObain. There
are Indications that the German COM
mand has lost hope of being able to
stand at. this defense system this win
ter.
Foe Resists French.
Paris, Sept. 9.-The allied advance
continues along the entire front in the
direction OF Cambria, st. Quentin, La
Fere, Anizy-Le-Chateau and the Chem
In des Danes. According to the latest
advices the French and British troops
nevertheless are meeting with stub
born resistance, in which intense artil-
lery activity is being carried out.
This resistance is taken as an indica-
ton that the enemy intends to make q
stand along this line, which roughly
follows the. old Hindenburg intrench-
mentA
General Humberts army still con-
Hpues its pressure against LIE Fere.
The operation toward the encirclement
of the st. Gobain forest are giving the
allies a strong position
New Line Of Battle.
The fighting line from the region
southwest Of Cambria southwark now
runs through the Hayrineourt wood to
Heudecourt, VillersFaucon, Roisel,
Bernes, Poeuilly, Villevegue and Vaux,
along the canal to Tergnier and thence
by the western edge of Servais. All
these villages are in the possession of
the 0llies.
Heavy storms have somewhat slowed
uD the fighting