The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-20
British and French Smash Hin
denburg Line on Front of
22 \ lies.
MANY PRIst NERs TAKEN
Advance Makes More Certain
the Capture of ST. Quentin
Which Germans Hold at
Great Cost.

British and French veterans have
made another vicious and successful
fsmash at the Hindenburg line. Sweep
ing forward on a front Of 20 miles,
, .they went ahead from one and one
E third to three miles, taking many
&prisoners. The most important as
4 pect OF the advance is that II makes
more certain the capture of ST.
Quentin which the Germans have
(sbeen ordered to hid at all costs
This important city is virtually sur
rounded on three sides and it's fall
seems only a matter of days.
Field Marshal ,Haig's third and
! fourth armies charged over the
rtrench system Occupied by the Brit
( fsh before they were pushed back by
the Teutonic flood last March. They
captured. in-~fde sectors, the outer
. defenses Of the Hindenburg line.
- The British assault was over
'front.' of,16 miles, from Holnon, west
of Quentin, to iGouzeaucourt,
p Fh OF Epehy In their advance,
ch reached depth of more than
sfslles atsome points. they tosk
gore ,r.,fn 5000 prisoners. Not
only did the bow bring nearer the
:. capture of st. Quentin which the
!. Germans are struggling desperately
!, to hold, but 1t went far towards wip-
'sing out the only bulge in the Brit
ish line which resembles a1salient.
EpehS. at the apex OF the bend. has
beeIstaiy6n and the eSsame fate has be-
fallen Gouzeaucourt and Hargicourt
! (which stood at the ends of the wings
j. TIE Importance which the Ger
= mans attached to- the territory
,-wrested from them is indicated by
the aphounc cement that they launched
determined counter attacks, as soon
as they could be organized. from
Hargicourt to the Omignon rivulet.
The success OF their efforts re-
mains somewhat obscure but It is
not believed they can recover the
ground they have lost.
While the French advance was
less spectacular than that of the
they were equally successfulsin gain
ing their detectives. They moved
forward on front of six miles to an
> average depth Of one and one third
,f6ss, adding several hundred pris7
'agx tHszssssstshs bag They. now;
: bnithe southern oHtsFffxs OF Con-
testAltt. less than three miles from
the29lb rps OF st. Quentin.
I. I'hEstaty, where the. troops OF Won
Goebahs. .scored a great victory in
1917, ksonex the buttresses of the
Donai-cnmbrafst, ouentin-La Fere-
LAIN lf1eA teSortd which>it has zen
, announeedfthe Germans would not
(. fall bacbt with sthe. French in the
,eutskirts Of La .Fesesrwith St. Quen-
Sin invested and With, the British
hattlings dosgedly Tor csNmbrai. the
great HinqenbTg .defenss system is
in danger Af. Being breachad 'St~three
OF its stronsesf points. onSa onasted
from it. the lTeatons wiz have back
of them no strong Notifications until
they reach tie Madbeqge defenses. y.
2. The takingsof ST. Quentin. remains
n difficult task, hpwAver. for the GER
mans are in strong, defensive posi-
uons and a captured order; from
: General Won Morgen. ito the four
,feenth reserve' corps cmphasfzes the
Simportance OF the terrain they hold.
,He orders them not to yield another
foot of ground in ""the imminent de-
cisive, Battles"
While the British and French we're
forging ahead relentlessly in the
west; the Serbs and the French in
Macedonia were making more en-
\ phatic a. s-Adefeat OF the Bulgars
>xho ha :. cen reinforced by German
tro6ps. There is every indication
= that The offensive In the near east
is of the major proportions and that
n wftlsdevelpp. the limit. 1t has
.aEj4qned To the west of Sokol and the
AaqpfsXsarenki until the front ex-
stahas oysf ls miles The allies have
psnet$ $fsdfat- some points sredis-
fans4 ox-fo miles. &The Resistance .dfI
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