The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-09
Marshal Haig Drives Gigantic Salient
 Into Hun Lines
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 With the Anglo-American Armies Near St. Quentin, Oct. 9-Large num- Der of guns have been captured by the British and Americans in addi- tion to the great patches of prisoners which contine to arrive at the cages. The American troops alone captured two complete field batteries and a battery of heavy artillery.
 The Americans captured these guns Tuesday afternoon when they sud- denly outfianked both ends of the valley south of Fremont, capturing all the German guns there.
 German endorsements have ar rived but as these troops have been engaged several times recently their presence merely adds to the confus- sion In the enemy ranks.
 Throughout Tuesday and last night the British had complete control of the air. Roads, barracks, massed troops and batteries behind the Ger man lines all were targets for the busy British bombing airplanes.
 In aerial fighting a considerable numt CT of the enemy were brought down.
 There Is great confusion within the enemy lines. On the front of the two British armies engaged from 29 enemy divisions have been identified along the 20-mile fighting line. Some of these divisions have been engaged aI- most continuously since August and many are mere shadows of the old or- ganizationS.
 The ground over which the great battle has been fought Is covered with dead men and horses and many Ger mans areg buried under tons of earth in collapsed dugouts. Few of the prisoners captured had heard of the Austro German plea for an armistice. Paris, Oct. 9-Nearly ten thousand Germans were taken prisoner yester day by the Allied forces in the fight | ing along the various fronts of the i battlefield, says Marcel Hutin in the Echo de Paris today. The Germans, he adds, are hurriedly evacuating the Argonne forest. The battle is con- tinuing.
 Paris, Oct 9-The Germans during recent aerial operations have been using a new type of infammable bomb, combining great effectiveness with light weight. A single airplane, it is said can carry two hundred of these bombs.
 The only way of fighting the fire l OP tive weapon appears to be the isola- ton of the blaze set, as pouring water on it is literally adding fuel to the ames on account of the chemicals of which the bombs are composed.
 London, Oct. 9, 1:45 p. m.---(By The Associated Press.) )---The British ad- vance between Cambrai and St. Quen- tin is proceeding very well today all along the line. Theer is not so much resistance by the Germans as there was yesterday, probably due to the enemy having retired during the night.
 In the American sector of this front the Germans are resisting very strong ly The American losses, however, have not been heavy. The total American casualties is less than half
 the number of Germans taken pris- oner.
 With the American Forces ir : France, Oct. 9, 12:3O p. m.---(By The Associated Press.)---It is now per
 missible to state that it was the Sec ond American Division which bore ) the brunt of recent hard fighting ir the Champagne. This division tool - St. Etienne and the positions ieadins to that town and thus created the
 slight salient now projecting in the = German line.
 . The second American division con
 sists of the fifth and sixth regiment! = of Marines, the Ninth and Twenty
 third Infantry, and the Fifteenth, Six
 teenth and Nineteenth regiments 0
 artillery.
 0 With the American Forces il * France, Oct. 9.---By The Associate, = Press. )--IPresident Wilson's reply t = the German peace proposal reache I the rear lines of the American arm Il this morning. It had been eagerl = awaited, it's possible character havin Ipeen Wldely ulScuSSeu. The genera tone of the rank and file commen IT was a quiet satisfaction that no arm |; stice would be granted while the en , emy troops were on allied soil. d London, Oct. g, 1 p. m.--CBy Tn l. The Associated Press )---Germa
 troops today are counter attaci T
 very heavily on the Suippe river fror
 in the Champagne and the Frenn F. have not been able to make yer le much progress.
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