Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-10-05
ALLIES ADVANCE.
LINES EVERYWHERE
BRITISH, FRENCH. AMERICANS,
AND REL6IANS STRIKE SUC-
CESSFUL BLOWS.
SMASH The HUN LINE
Prisoners, Guns, War Material of All
Descriptions Have Been Captured
by the Allies in Swift For
ward Movement.

French, British, American and Bel
gian troops in the last three days have
captured 10000 prisoners and 300
guns, it is estimated. Since July Is
the allies have captured 100000 prison
ers, 5000 guns, 10000 machine guns
and enormous quantities of material
This does not take into account the
operations in Macedonia and Pales-
tine.
American troops-boys from New
York, Tennessee and North and South
Carolina-were in the thick of the
fray Sunday which badly smashed the
German positions over front of more
than fifty miles from the region of
Arras to La Fere.
On a three-mile front the Americans
stormed the Hindenburg line and cap
tured the towns of Bellicourt and
Nauroy, crossing the Cambria canal in
the operations.
Meanwhile to the south the British
stormed the main Hindenburg de-
fenses on the Scheldat canal, crossed
the waterway and gained the hills be-
yond, taking many prisoners.
To the north the British have their
hands on Cambria, the important Ger
man base over which recently there
has been so much fighting The Ca
nadians are in the northwestern out
skirts of the city, while naval di-
vision has reached the southern en-
vir0ns.
South of st. Quentin to La Fere the
French have pressed forward their
line and taken some 500 prisoners.
Along the Chemin des Danes the
French have advanced their line for a
distance of tive miles, capturing the
highest point On the famous ridge.
In Belgium the BeIgians and Brit
ish have driven forward and taken
Dixmude, ten miles from the North
Sea, southeast of Nieuport, bringing
their line into closer union with that
in the region of Ypres. The capture
of Dixmude, if it is pressed for further
gains eastward, will seriously affect
the German submarine bases on the
North Sea.
Under the efforts of the British,
Americans and French the Germans
have been cleared out of the entire
department of the Somme and part of
the department of the Ardennes now
is il French hands fo- the first time
since 1914.
In unison with the attacks to the
north, the French along the battle
front north and northeast of scissors
have delivered fresh attacks, under
which the Germans are in retreat
north of the Aisne toward the Ailette,
indicating that the enemy line soon
must be readjusted east as far as
Rheims If not farther. The French
now are on the banks of the Ailette
river at the western end of the Che
min des Danes, making 1t apparent
that this strong defense line soon
must be passed by in retreat north
ward.
IN Champagne and northwest of Yer
dun the Germans have sensed to the
full the seriousness of the situation
facing them, where further advances
by the French and the Americans of
necessity viii compel the readjust.
ment of the line. from the north to the
Swiss frontier. Large numbers Of re-
inforcements have been thrown into
the battle In Champagne to halt the
advance Of the French toward the i'm
portant junction town of Vouzieres,
but nevertheless General Gouraud's
men have pressed forward northward
from the region east Of Rheims to the
northern frlnges Of the Argonne for
est. taking many positions Of the high
est strategic value
Meantime, the Americans also have
advanced their front. capturing Brieul-
fes.sure Rfeuse and Romagne, and at
last accounts we're progressing favor
ally northward along the Meuse Val
ley and to the east Of the Argonne
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inea forces Of General Gouraud
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