The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-04
Bv the Associaten Press. J

With the British Armies in France,
Sept. noon.)-British troops were
reported this morning to have taken
the town of Moeuyres, S1s miles
southeast of Queant. ebut the capture
of the place was not confirmed.
The Germans arc in full flight in
the region of the Canal du Nord and
appear to be more than ever disor-
ganized. A thousand more prisoners
were captured last night by Field Mar
shall Haig's forces,
Still Unchecked.
(By the Associated Press)
The British have driven home their
push thru the Wotan line as far as
the Canal du Nord and as yet their
progress is not reported checked
Already the wedge they have driven
into the German defenses in the sector
between the railway centers of Doual
and Cambria is a menacinS one to the
enemy, who must stop the British on
the canal line here if he hopes to save
these bases-vitaI points in the Ger
man defensive system in the west. Dis
organization in the German ranks is
reported in unofficial advices from
the front, however, and there seems to
be more than possibility that the
enemy command will not he able to
even in time to hold up the British
temporarily along the canal positions
Push Toward Canbrai.
The main force of the British push
seems to be in the direction of Cam
bra: along both the Eapaume Cambria
and Arras-Cambrai roads. and in the
terrain lying between these highways.
In this area they are reported today
to have captured the towns of 1nchy-
En-Artois and Moeuvres. This repre-
sents an advance of between three and
a half and four miles since yesterday
beyond the southern section of the
famous switch" line at Queant.
Farther south the British likewise
have reached the line of the canal well
down to Peronne, on the Somme,
making their front along TINS artificial
waterway cover an extent of more
than twenty miles. AS matter of
fact, they are reported to have even
crossed the canal along its southern
length, Just to the north of Peronne.
The menace to both Cambria and
Douai may be indicated by the fact
that the British are within 1--WE and
half miles of the outskirts of the
former city and not more than six
miles distant from Douai. At 1nchy-
En-Artois they are a little more than
two miles from the Bourbon wood
position where General Byng was
temporarily anchored in his drive at
Cambria last fall. marking what was
virtually his nearest approach to the
city.
On Wide Front Now.
In Byng's drive. however. the Brit
ISL approached Cambria on only a
narrow front, whence a German coun-
ter attack on the flank ousted them
disastrously, whereas at present the
advance is on far wider front and
offering no apparent opportunity for
an effective counter blow especially in
the present reported state of German
DISCRIMINATION from the constant
Founding the enemy armies have re-
ceived all along the front from
Rheims to Arras ,since mid-July.
Still Retreat in Flanders.
To the north. the Germans are still
in retreat and the British have occu-
pied additional towns in the Lys sa-
l:ent. The enemy's reported retire
meHt in the sector south of La Bassee
has not been confirmed. however. and
the Germans apparently are still hold
ing the greater part of the coal min
irg city of Lens. in this area, altho the
british are understood to be in the
western section of the town.
On the French front General Man
GINS army has made important prog
ress in the direction of the forest of
st. Gohain. which defends Taon. His
forces have reached the edge of the
IN portant to- n of Coucy-Le-Chateau