The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-09-06
German Retreat Is Fast :. !. !.
Becoming A ROUt as the !:
.BOche Realize the Truth

w AsTNGTON September = Associated Press)-Reports
w from the British front night German
retirement getting beyond control Of the German staff
and is becoming less of along the
front the full the disaster to the German divisions
the north becomes known the along the Somm Disc
sectors
is confidently predicted here that the Hndenburg
not afford resting place for the beaten armies and that the
fall of Doua Cambria and St Quentin be expected
HA1GS VICTORY IS COMPLETE
The British victory the line from Queant north the
OF Lens to be complete although there yet official
confirmation Of the OF the latter city The
yesterday that Lens had been entered and taken appears
The French official report that there fighting
the suburbs the battered while Haigs
uniucs mention only slight advance of the British
Lens
full for the shelter of the Canal du Nord They
evcuang all their positions between the canal and the
ing isolated groups OF machine gun men to cover the retreat
The resistance Of these machine is gradually becoming
weaker however their positions detected and tanks
against them
PRISONERS BY THE THOUSAND
British being brought forward rapidly and
ing being kept under fire. while German
positions of the canal also being heavily sheled
Germans captured yesterday this front say that they
been without food for days. commssary having
down completely they have had no shells
with which reply the British fire with which
of prisoners taken along this section not
yet known One British yesterday morning passed
thousand captves into its These practically
every service indicating the haste with which the
German commanders threw available the line
hold the British back.
ADVANCE ON WIDE FRONT
advanced generally yesterday whole
from OF Arra of Peronn the
much weaker resistance their Ouean
Positions which had been boosted of mpegnabe The British
sweeping the northeast in the direction Doua
dams drying towards Cambria
advancing towards the objective from southwest.
The smashing Queau
day followed yesterday by the British
and began systematically hopping country driving
the machine rounding
hdvnn yards By noon the
villages SauenOu and and
hal" Of Dury the South bank the
at the of the Douai road.
PUSHING
To during
canadian atSon pushed in the direction Cambria capturing
VILE and reaching and Dg
mile ron $500 "e = '
Iespres south of the
ar while north Of the the direction of the
reul was taken By last night the British well
Throughout
The general DOuai
through Ranaour Bae
court where the British crossed the Canal du NOrd and
of lerOnne
GAINS ALONG PERoNNE
On the general along
taken early the of
the afternoon Btwe
LYs SALIENT ~
Tn" Ys salient
units making general steady all the
the wide although
he Allies yesterday completed their of Neuve
~ Na steenWek and Wuverghem all the
Germans launched their drive for the Channel Chapele
''" '"'' are " FRENCH ea %A ia' s sS" eA 1s
On their section of the line between
French Yesterday the somme Epenanour Favy
gained fooho of the Canal N
drawing rapidly along the Ham
dressing stations being hastily cleared
this