The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-05
WAR SUMMARY

(By the Associated Press)
The British have driven home
their push through the Wotan line
as far as the Canal du Nord and
as yet their progress is not reported
checked.
Already, the wedge they have
driven into the German defenses in
the sector between the railway cen
tiers of Douai and Cambria is a
menacing one to the enemy, who
must stop the British on the canal
line here if he hopes to save these
bases-vital points in the German
defensive system in the west.
Disorganization in the German
ranks is reported in unofficial ad-
vices from the front. however, and
there seems TO be more than posSi-
bility that the enemy command VIII
not be able to reconstruct ITS de-
fensive formations even in time 10
hold up the British temporarily
along the canal positions.
The main orcc OF the British push
seems to be in the direction Cam
raj along both the Bapaume-Cam-
brai and Arras- Cambria reads and
in the terrain lying between these
highways. In this area, they are
reported today to have captured the
towns Of lnchy-enArtois and
Moeuvres. This represents an ad-
vance between 3 IL and 4 miles
since yesterday beyond the south
ern section of the famous switch
line at Qucant.
Farther south the British likewise
have reached the line OF the canal
well down to Peronne, on the
Somme, making their front along
this artificial waterway cover an
exten of more than twenty miles.
As a matter OF fact, they are report
ed to have even crossed the canal
along its southern length, just to the
north OF Peronne.
The menace TO both Cambral ana
Douai may be indicated by the TACT
that the British are within i've
miles of the outskirts OF the former
CITY and not more than six miles
distant from Douai. At lnchy- I'm
Artois, they are a little more than
two miles from the Bourbon wood
position where General Byng was
temporarily anchored in his drive
at Cambria last fall, marking what
was virtually his nearest approach
to the city.
Byng's Force Repulsed.
In Bvng's drive, however. the
British approached Cambria on ohiy
narrow front, whence a German
counter attack on the flank oustcd
them disastrously, whereas at pres
ent the advance is on lar WIDER
front and offering no apparent op-
portunity for an effective counter
blow, especially in the present re-
ported state OF German disorgaill-
zation from the constant pounding
the enemy armies have received all
along the front from Rheims 10
Arras since midJuly.
TO the north, the Germans are
still in retreat and the British nave
occupied additional towns IN the
Lys salient. The enemy reported
retirement in the sector south OF
La Bassee has not been contirmeG'
however. and the Germans appar-
entlv are still holding the greater
part OF the coal mining city OF Lens
in this area, although the British
are understood to be in the western
section OF the town.
On the French front, General
Mangin's army has made important
progress in the direction OF the Tor
est OF St. Gobain, which defends
Laon. His forces have reached the
edge OF the important town OF
Coucy-Le-Chateau and have pushed
farther eastward in their thanking
movement TO the north OF Scissors
While the western front battle IS
in full swing, with the Germans hard
pressed, news comes OF an attack
bv forces OF the Central powers on
the center OF the allies line along
the Vardar river, in Macedonia.
This move may be an attempted dl,
version on the part OF the central
empires, as its development would
threaten the allied base at Salonki
and the territory OF Greece. Inc
attack does not appear to have had
important results, however, as the
official statement from the British