Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-01
HUNS DEFENSES
NOWCRUMBLEFAST
HUNS FACE GREATEST OFTEN
sIvE SINCE BEGINNING If
THE WAR.
LOOSE 100000 PRISONERS
Capture of Cambria Near-Douai Is
Threatened-The Americans Gain
Strong Boche PosItions-Foe
Hit Hard in Macedonia.

Over a front of more than ESQ
miles from the North sea to verdun
the allies are smashing into the Ger
man defenses on four wide and i'm
portant sectors. The enemy is faced
with the greatest allied offensive eff
fort since the beginning of the war.
On all the sectors the British,
French, American and Belgian troops
are progressing successfully. Serious
inroads are being made into the Ger
man defensive system north of Ypres,
around Cambria north of the Aisne
and on the Champagne-Verdun sector.
Additional prisoners have been added
to the total of $4,000 for the last
three days and several hundred more
guns have been taken.
British Gain Vital Successes.
Vital successes are being gained
by the British in their new drive for
Cambria, in which American troops
are aiding in the region west of lie
Catelet.
Belgian Troops in Offensive.
Belgian troops entered the great
e offensive movement Saturday by be-
ginning an operation in conjunction
Ypres area.
General Mangin resumed his slow
} progress toward the heights of the
} Chemin des Danes, the southern de-
tense line of the great and important
, massif of Loan.
Americans Forge Ahead
On the western flank of the Cham
pagne-Verdun offensive. the French
are pushing over the heights behind
the Hindenburg. line. From the Ar
gonne east to the Meuse, the Ameri
cans are forcing their way into the
Kreinhild positions.
With 250-mile line aflame ovei
almost its entire length, Marsha
Foch has the German command in g
tight place.
Allies Gain in Macedonia.
1 In Macedonia the allies are press
, ing the defeated Germans and Bull
garians into Bulgaria on the east
l into Albania on the west, and TOWARD
[ Uskub on the north.
The Serbians, who are at the ape,
) of the salient, are moving TOWARD
| Uskub, having taken Veles and its
= garrison. They are also approach
ing the Bulgarian border from cas-
of the. Vardar. In the Dorian region
the allies are working their way ovel
the mountains toward the importan
, line of the Struma river.
, Allies to Take Cambria.
London-A Haig official communi
! que says the sixty-third naval division
!. has reached the southern outskirts o
= Cambria The Canadians are in tn,
:. outskirts on the northwest
i Dixmude has been captured by tn,
Belgian troops. it was officially an
r nounced Sunday. The Belgians hav,
i also taken zern (Zarren) Stadenberg
@ Passchendaele, Moorsledge and par
}. of Westroosebeke. This means an ad
= vance of several miles. After break
ing up violent enemy counter-attacl
the Belgians captured Terreest height
and at the close of the day had ad
l. vanced to within less than two mile
n OF Roulers.
d Latest dispatches from the wester
t. front say that everything is goin
q well and that the allies have mad
n distinct progress in all sectors unde
It attack. German positions were bad,
Ir smashed over a point of 80 mile.
from the region of Arras to La Fer'
French Gaining
With the French Army in France
b. General Debeny's troops attacke
l. shortly before noon Sunday south {
c. St Quentin and captured Urviller
N and Hill 100, the principal point
r the German line of resistance rul
IL ming parallel to the Hindenburg lin