The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-09-13
IN old
1917 TRENCHES
FRENCH AND BRITISH SWEEP
FORWARD TO oUTPosTs OF
HINoENsURG LINE.
ALLIES NEAR CAMBRIA
ALMOST ALL GROUND GAINED
BY GERMANS IN 1918 DRIVE
NOW RECOVERED.

Paris, Sept 10.-North of the Somme
French troops have made another adj
vance In the direction of Clastres and
have occupied Lomot farm, according
to the war office announcement, and
have crossed the Crozat canal oppo-
site Liez, three miles southwest of
Vendeuil
AS the allied armies draw near to
Cambria, st. Quentin and the natural
defensive positions of the Germans in
the St Gobain forest the offensive is
losing momentum.
Slow progress continues to be made
by British forces in the direction OF
Cambria and st. Quentin and If the
operations of the French armies are
successful in encircling the St.SGobain
massif the German retreat must begin
anew and with greater rapidity.
The British are within six miles of
St Quentin at Villevque and have cap
tured Roisel and st. Emile. Along
the line between Cambria and ST.
Quentin the British advance has car
ried them into their old positions.
from which they We're driven by the
Germans last March.
Strong counter attacks against the
French near Laffaux and north of
Celles- Sur-Aisne seem to bear out the
belief that the Germans will not give
up st. Gobain without a struggle. In
addition to the protection 1t affords
Laon, the st. Gobain position, II cap
tured. would weaken the entire Ger
man line eastward toward Rheims
Northwest of st. Gobain the French
have taken Nemesis and Tergnier
and are threatening La Fere. On the
edge of the forest the French have
penetrated the outskirts of Servais.
Paris, Sept. 9.-The French have
occupied Vaux, Fluquieres and Hap
pencourt, north of the Somme, as well
as Hamel, according to the war office
announcement. They have also made
advances on both sides of the Disc.
Berlin. Sept 9-"On the battle front
we are everywhere in our new posi-
TONS says the German official COM
munication issued Sunday
The above dispatch indicates that
the Germans have taken up positions
in their old Hindenburg line on the
entire western front. 1t was from this
line they started their drive March 81.
This means that the allies since July
IS have regained all of the territory
which Ludendorff captured in his of
fensives between March 81 and July
IS. The British and French official
reports announce captures of towns
within two or three miles of the Hin.
denburg line. and there probably re-
mains only the ''mopping" up of the
strip intervening.
The British and French continue to
cut their way into the German lines
on the lower part of the battle line
in France. Notwithstanding the bad
weather, the. British here encroached
upon Cambria and st. Quentin, while
farther south the French armies are
pressing toward La Fere and Laon.
Between the Vesle and the Aisne riv-
ers, where Americans are with the
French, ground has been gained.
The British now are standing at vii
leveque, six miles from st. Quentin,
having carried out an advance over a
ton-mile front on the general line of
Epehy, Hesbecourt and Vermand. To
the north the greater part of Havrin.
court wood, a German strong point
barring the way to Cambria, has been
captured.
So rapid has been the British ad-
vance in this section they are in the
positions they held before the German
drive last March. The Germans are
offering stout resistance
The French are working around st.
Gabain forest north of scissors in the
movement that aims at the outflank-
ing of La Fere and Laon and all of
the German positions east of this re-
gion, They have reached the outskirts
of the village of st. Servais, on the
northern end of the forest, and two
and a half miles from La Fere, while
short distance to the north they
have taken the village of Nemesis,
on the st. Quentin canal. This latter
gain brings the French within little
more than eight miles from st. Quen-
tin
During the first week of September
Field Marshal Haig's forces have TAX.
on more than 10000 prisoners and
large numbers of machine guns and
quantities Of stores.
Paris. Sept THE French have
occupied all their old trenches along
the whole of the front to the north
OF the Aisne river and also have cap
tured the towns of Ham and Chauny
in the salient southwest Of ST. Quen
tin, says the official communication
issued by the war office. South OF
the Aisne the American troops have