The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-09

With the British Army in France. Oct S.-A great victory, the results Of which undoabteily will prove of the widest importance especially at this sime, has been won today by two British armies in the field on d front 20 miles from oambrai 
 Americans participated in the cen ter and they plunged even more deep ly into the enemy positions than s, first had been intended
 This was the answer Of the fiehtlng British armies to the German bid for peace. Early in the day smashing blows had carried the British and deep into the positions ot the staggering enemy.
 The Hindenburg system south of Cambrai now has been broken on q front of considerable distance
 Elsewhere the lines of the Hinden burg system have been penetrated, while Go the north of Cambrai 1t ap- pears to have been turned by the oper- ations to the eouth
 Fast whippet tanks and armored cars are reported now 10 he in ac- tion and .f this is true, as it is be- leyed to be, the offensive certainly has been exploited.
 At the moment it appears that the new line runs generally from the north south of Bonneville well to the east u1 Serainvillers. The allies troops are re ported in Wambaix and to have been seen cast of Chateau Ancle, .n Villers Outreaux and Serain; east of Fremont, east of Brancourt, east of Fresnoy- -le- Grand and east Of Sequehart. All ths ground to the west of theee places is reported now to be in British hands.
 It was the Americans who stormed and captured Rrancourt and Fremont after hard fighting. They reached their obiectiyes we'll ahead of time In fact this was the case nearly every where along the line.
 East of the line British and Ameri- cans now are in the open country and there seems to he reliable indications that there are no lines of importance there at least for many miles.
 Once more terrific punishment has been inflicted on the shattered and disorganizod army
 Hosts of prisoners were taken dur ing the day. however, the Americans getting almost 2000 while the British took many thousands more None of the prisoners knew anything concern ing their government plea for an armistice They had not heard of their emperor's published order of the day but said they had received vague rumors that peace might not be far off
 It seems not unlikely that the kais- CTS order was kept away from the troops of the line because of the fear that it might have further effect upon their already poor morale.
 Prisoners arriving at the cages in large groups cheered one another for having been captured.
 The advance of the allied troops now has left Cambrai in a deep and almost round pocket.
 The battle one of the most furious as we'll as one of the most imroran of the war. The British cannon wheel to wheel sent tons of explosive chashing on top of the enemy in q whirlwind barraee during the bette part of the night and early morning
 The very air trembled and the earth rocked with the continuous roar explosio1s. The exploding shells yiv idly against clouds from which the rain poured, the flashes being visible for many miles
 The British armies attacked in a converging operation in a northeast crly direction. The Fcuth Army, with which the Americans were co-opesa;- ing. attacked at a gap in the last Hin denhurg system and for miles alone the continuation Of the Beaureyoir- Masnieres line both on the front and in turning movement. So, t would appear, that tho general idea is tf smash down the Hindenburg system completely on a broad front, enaOita- CONTI<uED ON PAGE FIVE.