The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-05
Sheer Physical Exhaustion
Has Brought Lull In
Fighting On scarpe
LYS SALIENT ALL
BUT WIPED OUT
British Have Even Ad-
Vanced Beyond Givenchy.
On Southern Wing Of It
(Rv Aecociatad Preas.l

The British. after their victorious
drive through the Hindenburg de-
lenses, are knocking at the gates at
Cambria, but apparently are momen-
tarily pausing before attempting to
force an entrance. Prisoners to the
number of more than $4,000 and guns
exceeding 100 in number have been
taken by them in this advance.
Meanwhile the center of greatest
activity has shifted to the Franco
American front, where the Germans
are IN full retreat on wide front
north OF the Vesle. with the French
land Americans in pursuit and report
ed as having reached the Aisne in
their chase
between these two sectors another
notable German ratg1grasie T1oyet
meat is ia progress. The French
pressure In the region north and east
OF Noyon has forced a German re- :
tirement on a. wide front on this sec
tor and advances of five to seven
miles have been scored by the French
forces within as hours.
= The town Of Guiscard has been
captured and the French have pressed
beyond until they are now little more
than two miles from the important
road center Of Ham. They are ap-
preaching Ham on both sides Of the
Somme. The Germans here are APP
parently heading hack for the ST.
Quentin-La Fere line.
Between the Ailette and the Aisne
the French also are gaining ground.
They have crossed the Aisne at
several points northeast OF Scissors.
Further north on this front they have
taken the town of Braye and Clamecy.
The Franco American operations
on the Vesle front have been extend
ed further eastward toward Rheims
and new crossings have been effected
on the two and one-half mile front
between Ventraux and Jonchery, sew
en- miles west of Rheims.
/ In the north the Germans are con-
tinuing to move backward along the
Flanders front. The British are ac-
celebrating the retirement by sharp at
tacks, In one Of which they captured
the village of Ploegsteert. They have
ragained their April line on the south
ern part of this front, from Neuye
Chapelle, to qtvercy and have even
pushed beyond in spots to the east
ward Of Givenchy.
The Germans are still clinging TO
Messines Ridge, the highest ground
in this sector, but from the manner
in which they are being forced back
further south it seems doubtful If
they will be able to hold 1t mucf1
longer.
I. On the Douai Cambria front and
immediately to the south, the enemy
gives signs OF stiffening resistance,
but nevertheless the British have
moved further ahead at various
southeast Of Bertincourt, where they
took additional ground east Of the
Canal Du Nord and captured Neu-
vile -BourjonVaI.
British Hammer Away.
With the British Army in France.
Sept. 5.-South of the river Scarpe
large portion OF the German line is
being readjusted.
Southeast of Moeuvres several
thousand yards of the old Hindenburg
front lines have been cleaned up and
now are in possession OF the British.
While British forces in the Lys Sec
tor are pushing forward today and
gaining much ground against strong
rear guards in some places and de-
termined opposition at others, the
enemy along the Canal Du Nord,
north of the Bapaurne Cambrai road
is holding on desperately.
! Peronne and the forward areas Of
Mont st. Quentin were heavily shelled
by the Germans during the night
Expect LuIl In Fighting.
London, Sept. 5-The important
progress that the British continued to
make yesterday on their front ex-
ceeded popular expectation in view CT
the arduous work that had been done
by the advancing forces during the
previous few days. And again today
no surprise would be occasioned here
IL physical reasons should now com
pei some slackening of the high pres
sure, temporarily limiting the British
advance.
Attention, consequently, is all the
more focused on the F'ranco-Ameri-
can successes in the Noyon and Sois-.
sons regions which eliminated with
Wednesdays crossing Of the Vesle on