Arizona republican., 1918-09-05
CANAL DU NORD NOWSEPARATES
 HUNSFR0MFQE
Exhausted and in Confusion,
 Germans Sub e cted to Heavy Fire by British.
 Clearing Hindenburg Line

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, Sept 1, f P. M-(By the As sociated Press) British troops are on the Canal Du Nord practically along us whole length from Peronne to north of the Arras- Cambrai road. and in the south at two places, where the canal is only about half constructed. at Ruyaulcourt and Moislains, patrols are pushing forward
 Along the canal to the north the enemy is holding the east bank, ap- parently in great strength and has been using his machine guns freely all day. Patrols have been heavily fired upon. Will Make Desperate Stand.
 The Germans have destroyed all the bridges and crossings over the canal. Exhausted and in confusion the enemy IS being subjected to heavy shell fire | But the British front movement is making no attempt to drive him far ther It appears that the Germans in- tend to make a desperate stand here, in front of the famous Bourbon wood and Cambrai.
 The northern part of the Hindenburg line is being cleared. Allied troops are making progress astride it in a south easterly direction.
 British Advance Eastward. | North of Peronne the British have advanced to the east and while the actions have not been fought with the violence which characterized those ir the last four days, being mainly be- tween strong British advanced patrol: and the German rear guards, addi- tional ground has been gained. The enemy artillery seems to have stiff fened all along the line.
 Villages which have been taken a the crest of the advance had previousl, been evacuated by the enemy. In a least one town some French inhabl tants. including women, managed t hide themselves in the cellars, am [ after enduring several days of shel fire, first from the approaching British then from the retreating Germans finally were rescued
 Rescue Thirty Women
 When British patrols approached tn
 town of Ecoust St. Quentin three me
 in civilian clothing emerged to mee
 them. On the strength of the stor they told the British troops rushed int
 the town and there found 46 persons 30 of whom were women, hiding i
 cellars. They were helped out an
 came back across the battlefield strug gling over shell craters and occasion
 ally menaced by a hail of indirect ma
 chine gun fire from the Germans.
 It was a strange and pitiful proces
 sion. Both men and women had bee r under the domination of the German f since September. 1914; they had nc a seen a single allied soldier since thel y for this was the first time that th : ground in the locality of their villag : had been out of the possession of til ). Germans since the beginning of tf . war
 There were unkempt old Frenchmel t staring at the bare. she'll shattere S fields and roads alive with troops. an e women carrying parcels or limpingl e pushing perambulators bearing the $ few belongings or children acros : fields where one of the most furiou t battles of the war had been fought. IS They were almost delirious with jo : as they threaded their way to the req e between long stretches of guns, ambu : lances, horses and khaki-clad soldier
 On the road they passed men who ha e been wounded or killed. the combina : tion of such sights and their gratefl : emotions at being delivered from tf : Germans sending tears streaming dow l. their thin cheeks. More than or If laughed and cried alternately, as the
 again trod the free soil of France an .t tried to thank the soldiers who ha
 helped them from their bondage.