Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-02
Get TPERONNE
And PUSH ON
At GERMANS
Important Base and Sur
rounding Villages Fall
to Canadians.

Paris, Sept .. - The allies
are keeping up the battle in the
face of increasing resiStancy by
the enemy and more than that
they have extended the fighting
until it now embraces a front
of some 120 miles from YpreS
to SOiSSOnS. This is more than
many well informed observers
had hoped for.
PerOnne has fallen and with
1t the enemy'S last chance Of
holding a strong defensive posi-
ton along the SOmme.
London. Sept. ,, Il p. M
lie TranSlOy. the important
point on the line between Ba-
paUme and PerOnne where the
Germans have been holding
stubbOrnly is considered by the
British as virtually in their
hands. They have captured the
village of Nillers-au-FIO to
the north and lie TransIoy now
is OUtflanked on both sides.
The capture of NOreuil, north
east of Bapaeme was reported this
morning.
Between 5000 and 1000 prison
ers were taken by the Australians
in the vicinity of Peronne yester-
day.
The French met with a slight
setback to the east of Nesle, losing
the crest of hill II, which they had
captured during last night.
Take Town North of PerOnne.
British troops last night cap
tured the villages of Sa1lisel and
Sailly-Saillisel, on the line north
of Peronne, today's war Office an
nouncement states.
Southeast of Bapaume the
British have drawn nearer to the
village of lie TransIOy and on the
line between Bapaume and the
ocarpe.
On the Flanders front the British
have advanced as far as the Lys
river east of Estaires, while fur
ther northeast in the direction of
Ypres the village of NeUve-Eglise
has been captured.
Paris, Sept. 2.-Peronne, a key
position in the center of the battle
front, has fallen to the Australians
Not only has Peronne fallen, but
it is reported that villages to the
east also have been captured.
Peronne, an important railway
center, was taken by the Germans
last spring in their first offensive.
Allies in BullecOurt.
BullecOurt, southeast of Arras,
Field Marshal Foch has officially
announced, at last is in the hands
of the British, after heavy fight
ing extending over several days.
Bullecourt is located in the zone
of the old Hindenburg Inc, about
twelve miles of which at the
northern end the allies have over
run in their present advance.
PerOnne Doomed in An Hour.
London, Sept 2.-The AHstrai-
fans who captured Mont St. Quen-
tin with 1900 prisoners and there
by made the fall of PerOnne ineV-
table, accomplished the Feat within
an hour and with a loss to them
selves of only 25 men, according
to the Daily Nails correspondent
at British headquarters IN France.
The correspondent says that the
better part OF three German divis-
ions crumbled to pieces before one
Australian unit. The Germans
appeared to have felt some sort OF
nameless terror similar to that
which sometimes takes possession
of troops fighting against Indians
in their native haunts.
The capture of Peronnc, accord
ing 10 the correspondent, should
turn the enemy's present line and
hasten his retreat. He now has IL
this southern quarter only one
good position to hold before he
reaches the Hindenburg line from
st. Quentin northward.