Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-11
ALLIES HOLD
4 APPROACHES TO
GERMAN BASES
Encircling Movement Now
Menacing Laon is
Progressing.
FRENCH ADVANCE
BEYOND LA FERE
Pass City on Two Sides and Reach
Northern Edge Of Famous st, 6obain
2 SMassif-UnfavorabIs Weather Con.
ditions Still Hampsrins Allied oper.
ations-Gsrmans Making Heavy AZ.
taeks Against Sector Held BY v. s.
ERy the Associated Press. ]


All approaches to the German
stronsholds at laFere and ST.
Quentin are held by French. and
British forces and the encireIins
movement that now nenaees the
enemy positions at Laon 10 pro.
crossing favorabIy.
The French are advancing from
laFere from two sides. the move
n,ent from Servai, south Of the
town, carrying them around the
rorthern edge Of the famous St.
coSain massif, where the Ger
r-ans are entrenehed, a frontal
-;.ack blythe French is hardly
e. = expected.
In their advance on 81. Quentin
TIE French have taken Hindaeourt
e,d are nearing Essieny le Grand.
On the French left the British
have reached Fresnoy- 10 Petit.
about thSs miles northwest Of st.
Quentin.
Il Under more favorable weather
senditions the British and French
pemiss might bs said 70 be within
esvikins distance Of the old Hin
dsNburg line from north Of St.
Quentin 20 LaFsre, but an attack
In feres over this front 10 net 70 b
ex0eeto9 q this time.
In this section. - in the q.
ccbaip forest and the chsnin dss
DANES positions, the. Germans nsN
src taking advantages of the intri-
cate series Of dsfenses in front Of
thc cid Hindsnburs line which en-
akIed them to resist ths-allisd ad-
vance.
In the lvs sector Arnsntieres is
almost within the grasp Of the
British who Sars advancing upon
the town from both the north and
west Armentieres 10 used by the
Germans as supply center and
next to Douai. to the south, il il
the most important point in the
snsmys northern system Of mill
tarv roads Of communication The
Brit sh are slowly driving wedge
in the direction Of Douai, which 10
reported to be burning.
In the Aisne .vesle sector, where
the Americans are CO. operating
With the French, the artillery
siuhting continues active. The
French have. advanced s,ishtIy at
Glsnnes and north Of Eaffaux and
generally improved their positions.
Tho eritish were again moving
forward today toward the Ainder-
bur0 line in the one sector whore
they are still some distance from
Il near the center Of the battse
front.
I Farther north the British were
reported to have gained fosthold
IN the tssin towns Of Psixiers and.
Epshy, two and one half miles from,
the Hindsnburq line opposite lie
catelet. The Germans are resist
ing strongly hers, as this sector Of
the line forms part of the defsnses
Of cambrai on the south. Thsir re- 4
nistanes in this sector is taking the
form Of strong counter attacks at
csouxsaucourt, lust to the north.
Thev GAINED a British post in hard
fiahtins last night, but otherwise
wore comoletsly rspulssd.
Tho defence OF Cambrai 10 like
,..;-. being carried 20 The aqsrsssivs
s;As BY ths Germans along tho
r-asi pu Nord. whore the British
s-andf far inside the Hindsnburg
lire after having broken the Que
ant Drocourt switch.
4 In this aggressive movement the
enemy last nioht sharply countsr
attacked nsar Mosuvres, just 70 the
east cf Qussnt. and Eeourt- 81.
Quentin, north d the Arras. Cam
hrai road. IN both cases ths Brit
ish held thsir ground, rspulsins the
osrmans IN stim eng saosmsnts.
The 9rsneh drive upon laFsrSs
.northsriy Hsssnss Of the St. oobain
EhastiSn, Il reported today % having
notable progress with the capture
81 Travsey, on the Hindsnbura line,
two miles dirsetty north Of Ia.
1Fs-srs. The Holding Of this ground
will result in the outnanking OF
LaFsrs on the porthsriy sids. ID
Tho osrmass alss havs bssn az
taclsins .dsspssatsIy on ths Frsneh
rsassif. They are attempting o
drive the France. American force
4hsrs an ths Mont Rouge piatsau,
The allied oceupation o. which 10
thssats tsnino the rank o. ths line far
% the east. All thsir efforts how.
sy.r, , ;hass Sssn ::ra::!e:s. " ~
London. Sept. 11.During last nigh
,e British line wss advanced slight
ne region Of vermand. northwest 9
II Quentin. Field Marshal Haig re