The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-11
Pushing Toward st. Quentin
Where Germans in Retreat
Show Greatest Resistance.
FRENCH ALSO ON HAND
Successes Scored BY Petain's Troops
Where Lines Join Rritish-Ameri.
cans Bombard Little Mountain
Foe Still Retreats In Flanders.

London, Sept. 1O.-After pausing for
several days along the line west and
northwest of Cambria, where the Ger
mans settled themselves last week
behind the canal du Nord, the British
are reported attacking a section of this
line in considerable strength.
What is unofficially described as a
formidable thrust" was developed by
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig's
forces along the Arras-Cambrai road,
which crosses the canal about six
miles from the outskirts of Cambria.
Whether this will prove tt be the ex-
pected attack to break the canal line
or merely a reconnaissance in force,
however, remains to be developed.
British Menace ST. Quentin.
II is definitely reported, however,
that on the line to the south the Brit
ish are pressing forward toward st.
Quentin, where the German retreat
has been slowest and accompanied by
the greatest resistance.
Successes also have been scored by
the French in the st. Quentin region,
where their line joins the British.
There have been indications that the
Germans intended making a stand
along the CroZat canal, defending the
stronghold of La Fere, the principal
outlying protection of the St. Gobain
massif On the north.
Frustrated by French.
This plan appears already to have
been frustrated by the French, how
ever, a crossing of the canal oppo-
site Liez, about three miles northwest
of La Fere, having been forced last
night by General Petain's forces.
Elsewhere the French are right up
to the Crozat position along virtually
the entire length of the canal with
their infantry only four miles from
st. Quentin and their cavalry patrols
hard upon La Fere.
Still %Retreating in Flanders.
The German retrograde movement
I'm Flanders seemingly is not yet at
an end. Their artillery now is report.
ed to have been removed to the east
of the Lys river.
AAohS tue AiSucJ tue iulGSl duNlCeS
show the Americans to have pushed
their line forward to the east of Re-
villon, where IL trended off southeast
ward toward Rheims. The village of
Missouri, about three miles east of
Revillon and in about the same rela-
tive position to the river was reported
to be in American hands.
Yanks Bombard Little Mountain.
With the American Armies in
France, Sept. 10.-American artillery
has opened a heavy bombardment of
lie Petit Montague little Mountain),
q powerfully fortified height which
rises $50 feet at the point where the
German line leaves the Aisne and dips
toward Rheims.
This height is the key position to
the enemy front in that region. 1t is
furrowed with a strong trench posi-
tion and it's slopes and crest are de-
Tended with thick belts of barbed wire.
Batter Trenches to Ruins.
American batteries, including many
six inch guns, are hurting hundreds
of shells into the slopes and onto the
crest, ripping up wire, searching deep
ly indented ravines, infested with ma.
chine guns which command the valleys
on each side, battering the trenches
to ruins and generally making the
mountain stronghold most unhealthy
for the Germans.