The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-28
Penetration at Some Points Is
More Than 21a Miles.
On Larger Part South of North
Sea Battle Sector.
have TAKEN 1000 PRISONERS
Heavy Fighting Taking Place
Dixmude to Ypres.
FOch Now Pounding Germans
- on 4 Important Sectors.

Paris, Sept. 2S.-Allied troops be-
gan an attack on the front OF Ypres
today and the advance at some points
has been more than two and one-half
miles.
The attack is being made by the
Belgian army and is on the larger part
south of the North sea.
One thousand prisoners already
have been counted.
Heavy fighting is taking place be-
tween DiXmude and Ypres and the
battle is severe in the Houtholst for
est north of Ypres.
British troops also are taking a part
in the offensive.
Best Field General There.
Information regarding a probable
Flanders offensive was contained in a
succinct announcement by Field Mar
mandcd by General Plummer-rated
as the best British field general-had
begun operations in conjunction with
the Belgian army.
In Four Sectors.
tBy the Associated I'ressl
General Foch is putting the Ger
mans on the western front to the most
severe test cf the war. On four i'm
portant sectors. from Verdun to the
North sea. allied troops are fighting
their way into and beyond the Hinden
burg line.
Smashing attacks are being deliv-
cred by the British and Belgians north
of Ypres: by the British and Ameri
cans before Cambria: by the French
north of the Aisne. and by the French
and Americans in Champagne and to
the east. On all fronts the allied SOL
dicrs are meeting with success.
Cambria About to Fall.
Cambria. it would appear, is about
10 fall The British having captured
the important height of Bourbon wood.
are reported beyond FontaineNotre
Dame and Sally, within one and three
quarter miles of Cambria. The men
ace to Cambria is greater than at the
height OF General Byng's stroke of
last November. The attacking troops
hold a longer front Immediately on the
west, while to the north they are
pressing onward over terrain hitherto
untouched by fighting. Southwest of
Cambria. the British are fighting to-
ward the important Scheldt canal at
Cantaing
Field Marshal Haig's thrust north of
Cambria. already has progressed more
than three miles. The British have
cut the high road between Cambria
and Douai and have the railroad be-
tween the two cities dominated by
their guns. The fall of Cambria, mil
itary observers believe. would result in
the German withdrawal from Douai
and st. Quentin, which possibly would
lead to a retirement to the French
border.
On the north, the Belgian and Brit
ish armies are fighting thru the Hin
'denburg defense on a front of more
than ten miles from Ypres to north of
DiXmude- At some points the attack,
begun Saturday morning, already has
resulted in an advance of more than
two and a half miles. TIE allied troops
have penetrated important positions
of the Houtholst forest, German pos
session of which had stayed previous
attempts to advance south of the Bel
Sian coast. This operation apparently
is directed toward the German SUBJ
marine bases in Belgium and the out
flanking of the bastion of Lille.
Successful Progress.
French troops are fighting forward
up the slopes toward the Chemin des
Danes. They have gained further
ground south of Fort Malmaison and
have taken the important points of
Jouy and AiZy and the ravine between.
The Franco-American drive west
and east of the Argonne to the Meuse
continues successfully today. The
French have moved their line forward
west of the Argonne forest and cap
tured important positions on their
western flank. East of the Argonne
the Germans are fighting desperately
TO hold the Bruhilde positions, but the
americans are progressing at several
oints.