Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-30
U. S. AVIATORS
CLEAR THE SKIES
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st. Quentin an6 LIE Catelet, British
ana American troops launched ter
aInc attack at 6 o'clock yesterday
norhing. Forty-eight hours before
tne infantry advanced against the
Serman lines the British artillery
nau maintained a terrific fire against
ie enemy positions. For the last
zen hours of this bombardment gas
eheiis py the thousands were hurled
sdInst the Germans causing a COM
ParatiVe silence to fall over the en-
emy lines.
:. During the night successful pre-
,ihllnary infantry attack developed
oetWeen Marcoing and Masnierest
9sainst the main Hindenburg line.
Choer a creeping curtain of flame,
.he main assault was. launched This
morning. A large force of American
troops, shouting "Lusitania," ad-
vanced in the first waves with splen-
did dash.
Tanks Go Ahead
a large number of tanks went out
WIN the first wave being directed
against front of siv thousand Yards
south of Vendhuile, where the St
ouentin canal passes through a tun-
mel. ~
Using the vendhuile gap as a
pridge, the Americans stormed for
ward, depioying fan-wise as they
went One British division swan
across the canal. Then under steady
machine gun fire they pushed for-
ward into the village of Bellenglise.
AT 3 o'clock the prisoners were
Streaming lack in droves. BY this
nme the frst phase of the attack had
ehued, ana after pause the advance
was resumed
Yankees Too Fast
The none of the most dramatic in
tidents of the battle occurred The
Americans. tired and besplashed, but
IN hearty spirits, opened their ranks
ana Australian units, moving up in
support. swept through them and
became the first wave of the renew
ed attack. The storm of cheering
mat greeted this maneuver rose h!gJ,
above the roar of conflict.
There was hard fighting at many
places where the Germans had es-
tablished redoubts of extraordinary
strength. American battalions, which
advanced so rapidly at first that some
were checked by their own barragc
hre' met wit hstrong resistance. An
immensely strong machine gun posi-.
ton at the entrance of the subterran-
can canal was subdued by the aid OF
tanks.
Canadians approached Families
north of Cambria, and at some
points were astride the. more i'm.
portant lines of communications. As
the morning advanced it becaaae
clear that the battle was developiSl
into a victory. Much of the persona
equipment abandoned by the enemy
appears TO be quite new.
LIE Catelet, the key position to the
whole sector between Bellicourt AND
BanteuX was unofficially reported ir
allied hands by noon. The Allies an.
parently are astride the st. Quentin.
Cambria railway at places, thus resi-.
ously restricting the enemys com.
munication.
Important fortified villages. in.
Guiding La Nacquerie, Nanroy, Bon,
and Villers-G Guislain, were taker
early in the battle. The effects O,
/ the terrific allied bombardment Wer,
everywhere visible.
On the Belgian front, Holthulst
village. lost by a counterattack, wa,
| retaken to-day by King Albert,
| troops. Stadep has been taken ant
the whole Passchendaele ridge sys
tenn has been oVerrun. The Belgium,
| counted more than $500 prisoners
/ On the st. Quentin front 1000 Ger
mans were captured.