The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-09
ALLIES NOW IN
OPEN COUNTRY
Anglo-Saxon Troops Had
Honor of Storming the
Last Positions
BIG SUPPLY LINES
NOW THREATENED
No Wire Barriers Ahead
Of Allies Until Valen-
ciennes Is Reached

Paris. Oct. 9.-Te Hindenburg line
no longer bars the path Of the allies
The definite rupture OF 1t was
achieved on the first day Of the
fighting in the new development
towards the north of the great bat
tie now raging from the Escaut to
the Meuse. To Anglo Saxon forces
went the honor of storming the last
remnants of the extraordinary maze
of defenses, in some places twelve
miles in depth, between Cambria and
st. Quentin.
Apart from this achievement the
results of the days fighting were
notable in that the enemy's losses
must have run into tens Of thousands
of men during the days fighting in
the various sectors of the long battle
front In addition important strate-
gic objects were attained.
The allies now are in the open
country on the Can1braf-St Quentin
front and are threatening Bohains
an important junction OF roads and
railways, the Americans last night
having pushed within two miles Of
that place. Once the masters Of
Bohain, the allies, should they push
toward Guise, would take in the rear
not only the Laon-St. Gobain
massif but the positions along the
river Serre dubbed by the Germans
the Hunding line which joins at
Chaumont Porcien the Brunhilde
line running along the Aisne.
i The Germans were so confident in
the strength Of the Cambria st.
Quentin front that they neglected to
organize the rectangular position
bounded on the north blythe line OF
Cambria and Landrecies and south
by the Serre position, of which
Guise is approximately the center.
AS a result OF this omission all the
German positions parallel to the
German frontier, starting in the east
and running as far as La Capelle,
Vervins and Marie, run the risk of
being raked in.
The Other Arm. pa.
The other arm of the trap which is
closing relentlessly on the Germans,
that operated by General Gouraud
also has secured important results
in the teeth of desperate resistance.
While attacking the Suippe line
frontally, General Gouraud is turn
ing it by marching on Machault and
uniyille and has arrived close to the
former place Consequently there is
every probability Of his reaching the
Brunhilde line at the time when it's
western continuation of the Hunding
line, is in danger.
no complete the days work,
Franco American forces moved upon
he right flank of the Meuse won
back places famous in the Verdun
struggle and got in line with the
Americans on the left bank who are
thus relieved of the CALLING thanking
fire which had prevented them NOV
ing forward.
The German position has been rem
dered considerably worse as a result
of Yesterdays fighting in the opinion
of the military commentators. Major
De Civireux, in the Matin, points out
that the strategic conditions alone do
not suffice to indicate the importance
OF the battle which aims more than
ever at the destruction of the enemy,
either in direct combat or by maneu-a
yer. The German losses have been
enormous and not only in prisoners.
In a. single section Of the British
front two fresh German divisions
thrown into the furnace melted away
in a few moments.
General undendorff delayed his
general retreat so long that, in the
view OF critics. he is in danger or
leading back merely the remnants of
his army to the famous Giacis Which
protects Germany.
Major De Civirieux asks:
a"This precipithte demand for an
it not spring from a
vision Of diasaser?
Few Barriers Ahead.
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