The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-10-11
BRITISH TROOPS
ENTER CAMBRIA
ALLIES SWEEP FORWARD, DEAL
ING TERRIFIC BLOWS TO HUNS,
AS ENEMY RETREATS.
Belgian Troops Capture Dixmude--
Many Points of Strategical Import
ance Captured BY Allies in One OF
the Biggest Battles of the War.

Paris.-The allied advances on four
sectors, from the North Sea to the
Meuse, continue, and important STRAIT
egical points are being taken from the
Germans by the sledge-hammer blows
of the French, British, American and
Belgian forces.
Dixmude has been captured by the
Belgian troops, it was officially an
nounced. The Belgians have also ia
ken Zerrem (Zarren) Stedenberg,
Passchendaele, Moorsledge and part
of Westroosebeke. This means an ad-
vance of several miles. After break
ING up violent enemy counter-attacK
the Belgians captured Terreest Height
and at the close of the day had adj
yanced to within less than two miles
of Roulers. The prisoners taken dur
ing the day exceed $500. More than
100 guns and numerous machine guns
and bomb th~owers and much war ma
terial have been captured.
The Sixty-Third Naval Division mas
reached the northern outskirts OF Cam
brai. The Canadians are in the out
skirts on the northwest. Troops from
the states of New York, Tennessee and
North and South Carolina attacked
the Hindenburg lines on front OF
nearly three miles, capturing Bell
court and Nauroy.
In a new offensive between ST. Quen-
tin and La Fere, the War Office an
nounces, the French troops made some
advance and took five hundred prison
ers. The troops continued to progress
on all other sectors The French line
on the Chemin- des-Dames has been adj
vanced two miles and the highest
point, commanding practically the
whole ridge, is in the possession OF the
French.
Fighting their way almost every
ward, American troops wrested from
the Germans another strip OF territory
in the Verdun sector. Although they
are opposing the advancing Americans
with every man of the service, eXcept
cavalry, there is increasing evidence
that the Germans are only fighting for
time to establish themselves along the
Kriemhielde or Brunhilde line.
Not since the first battle OF the
Marine has there been an attack to
compare in extent with the present
operations. The new thrust OF the
Anglo-Belgian armies was complete
surprise to the Germans and is meet
ing with marked success. 1t is being
made against territory held by the
enemy since 1914. The number of pris-
Oners increases hourly and the ad-
vance goes on steadily despite the
fierce resistance of the Germans.
The power of the Anglo-Belgian at
tack is shown by the fact that the Ger
mans have lost the great Houthulst
forest and the village of Gheluvelt, the
KEY to the Ypres-Menin road.
Meanwhile the plight OF the Ger
mans in the Cambria sector has been
aggravated by the loss CT valuable
railway communications. The enemy
in that region is now in serious posi-
ton and with one alternative, that OF
abandoning the Hindenburg line, when
already has been pierced at four
points.
The German forces of occupation in
Roumania began to retire from that
country several days ago, according to
information received in Swiss political
circles. There are persistent rumors
in Switzerland that the Roumanian
population has revOlted. The German
civil authorities are said to be remoV-
ing their archives hastily.