Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-10-11
HUNS WILT UNDER
FIRE; FLEE YAkKs
NEAR ST. QUENTIN
Members of Entire German Regi-
ment Flee Like Rabbits.
1000 PRISONERS ARE TAKEN
U. S. Men and 5ritons Also Capture 200
Guns at the Fall Of st. Quentin
Enemy Burning Towns in
Their Retreat.

London, Oct. 10.-British and Amer
lean troops drove forward on the line
from the Scarpe river to st. Quentin
Ga front of nearly fifty miles, OF
trenches) and gained between five and
eight miles.
In Tuesdays attack alone the al
lied troops made 1000 prisoners and
captured 200 guns, it was announced,
and the prisoner toll is mounting
hourly.
The fall of Cambrai. the great bas-
ton of the Hindenburg line, that has
been isolated for days, was announced.
For all practical purposes the allied
troops now hold the Cambrai-St. Quen-
tin railway. The maximum advance
at two o'clock In the afternoon was ut
Bertry, four miles southeast of lie
Cateau.
The Standard reports that the big
railroad town of BuSigny, southwest
of LIE Cateau, has been taken.
Meanwhile the Americans were ad-
vancing steadily on Bohan, the chief
rail base of the Germans on this
front.
Germans start Retreat.
The Germans began a retreat from
the Scarpe river southwark early in
the day, enabling the British to adj
vance easily.
The Germans started backward dur
ing the night. The British have met
x,,ifI, li4+la roeie+onoo &c +I,o1, 1,ax,a NOT
been in contact with the Teuton main
line.
The weather is bad, otherwise 1t Is
believed the British would have adj
vanced further.
The Germans Are Burning Villages.
This retreat lengthens the line
which the Teutons so long have been
trying to shorten, and the situation
opens many possibilities of retreats
elsewhere.
One report was that the Germans
were starting retirement from the
entire ST.. Quentin-Scarpe salient.
A retreat of such magnitude would
involve the loss of both Bohain and
Arleux.
German troops are counter-attack-
ing very heavily on the Suippe river
front in the Champagne, and the
French have not been able to make
very much progress.
Reporting the great battle in the
Cambrai-St. Quentin sector, the Ger
man general headquarters admits
hrao ohac a., 4ho Carrnoa I;rae ~, hath
sides of the Roman road toward lie
Cateau. and also a German withdraw
al to Fresnoy-Le-G Grand.
Americans Make New Advance.
With the Anglo-American Armies
Near st. Quentin, Oct. 10.-When the
British Third and Fourth armies and
the American troops resumed their at
tack the British First army advanced
north of Cambria. The First army
gained considerable ground toward VII
lers-en-Artois. The Anglo-American
advance proceeded behind an intense
barrage fire from the British artillery
which the Germans seemed unable to
withstand.
Gerr1ans Run Away Like Rabbits.
The Germans in front of the British
and Americans were surrendering
freely" according to report. On the
front of the Tennessee troops an en-
tire German regiment chose the other
course and ran away like so many rab-
bits.
The British gunners paid special at
tention to roadsides and the areas be-
tween the roads and the terrain was
churned by an avalanche of shells. The
advancing troops found the roads,
however, in good condition.
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