Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-09
CAMBRA| A FALLS
ANO8,000HONs
ARE PRISONERS
British Take Important
City Long Defended
by Germans.
DEFENDERS HAD NO
CHANCE TO ESCAPE
Nor. Than 500 Men and Many Gum.
captursd in opsrpsiens Nsa, City
Allied Armies New Beyond Hindsn-
burg dsfense Linz East Of cambrai
and Ct. Quentin and Are Continuing
. Press Advantage.

10y the Aoooetatoo PrOoo.J
There 10 eNssy reason 70 bsiisvs
the great offensive Of the allied
armies in France has reached the
climax and the next few days may
witness events which may marx
a epoch in the history Of the
war.
On the frsnt from Reulsrs, on
the north, . vsrdun, far down on
~ other end ef ths linz, the Ger
Wsans ars keins battsfSd and in
sen,e ef the0s sectors they sesm
q - IN very serisus pesition.
eereed from caMsbrai, enc Of the
ekrone pillars o. ths hindsnburT
syslssss, ths osranans to-day ~ ~
inn driven hack under tho. on
ol60SMt9 81 the Third and Fourth
or;tieh armies, aided BY American
lreeps. 8 t5s
Ths Germans havs iest tha Hind
snburg line from cambrai 70 d.
Quentin. Field Marshal Hais re-
ported today rapid progress was
being made on . front Of thirty
milss from northeast Of Cambria
to east es s.. Quentin.
A. the German. defence system
in the center falls to the British
and Americans, the French and
Americans on the southern wall
from Rheims - east Of the Msuss
are smashins their way northward,
threatening the important june.
items Of The. .railwavs running east
ward from the broken st. Quentin.
Cambria road.
East Of the Hindsnburg line the
Germans ars< rsportsd e have no
prepared dsfsnsss uNtii . line i'm
msdiatsly east Of the frontier is
rsaehsd. East Of this lins, which
would run thru valsneisnnss, the
Germans have the line Of the
Msuss.
In capturing Cambria and break 4
ing thru the German defenses to
the south, the British and Ameri-
eans took mors than 5000 priser-
ers and large quantity oftguns.
Near Prsment the Americans cap
tursd IN entire German artillery
positions sf three batteries.
Before ths advancing American.
British lines Ines the railroad juno
tion Of "a Chateau, Guise and
cavdry. II tho. north and south
railways are cut, German eommu.
nicAtior between the Laon massf
and Lille salient will be ioat.
4 Field Marshal Hais has driven
into the German lines 4 gigantic
salient based on can,brai. Even If
il does not grow larger this salient
is great menace to the Lille and :
Laon positions. Il would seem
that within the next few days the
Germans viii withdraw from the
Laon massif -. the French and
Americans on the east and Brit.
ish and Americans on the north
are outnankins Il. n
The Franco American positions
in the Champagne and from the
ArSonrss TO the Msuss have been
improved BY the successful
Franeo-Amsriean thrust east Of
the Msuss. The advance there
Frsss. the treops west Of the Msuss
rom the utsnacs ef German artii-
cry. ~ = \.
inS the operations Tussday the !,
As1srisaN troops took 5000 psison.
~. Along the Arnss the French
vsstsrday took 600 prisoners.
Oct. s.-The city Of Cam
al. has tbsen captured by the British.
sre and elsewhere 5000 wisone,s
re a!scn l.. L. yesterdays fighting.
Field Marshal lIais announced the
pture Of this long resisting German
'onshold n his official statement to-.
y.
rhe ANGIE American attack was re-
med this morning on the entire front
eth Of sCambrai. Rapid progress was
ing made.
Las. night progress was made east
seanehart and toward Bohaan and
lrtz.
South Of yambrai the British cap4
cd EQrenville and reached thel
stern outskirts OF Waltncourt. n
rhe attack this morning was on the
nj oE the Third and Fourth armies
4 began II $50 o'clock a n ;.l'5 ..5
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