The sun., 1918-10-02

front IN France and Belgium toere issu
BRITISH tNIGHT)-The opera
tons continued satisfactorily to-day
on the st. Quentin Cambria battle
front. On our extreme right. north
east OF St Quentin. we made consid-
cradle advance eastward on to the
high ground east Of Leverigies.
Further north we gained a footing
In Joncourt, stormed the defences of
the village of Estrees and cleared the
enemy from the high ground south OF
Le Catelet.
In the centre fighting OF a severe
nature Is taking place in the villages
OF Crevecoeur and Rumiily and on the
rising ground north and east Of these
places.
On the left, between Cambria and
the River Sensee our troops have been
severely engaged throughout the morn
ing in attack and counter attack. with
fresh hostile forces brought up to the
battlefield. Notwithstanding we made
progress east OF Tilloy and in the
neighborhood OF Blecourt.
BRITISH (DAY)--Our attack north
of st. Quentin continued yesterday af-
ternoon. We captured Levergies after
sharp fighting in the neighborhood Of
the village.
Further north we progressed toward
Joncourt and gained possession OF
Vendhuile. English and Canadian
troops are closing in upon Cambria
and yesterday captured Froville and
Tilloy in the face OF strong Resistance.
Cambria has been set on FIRE by the
enemy. This morning fighting began
again north OF st. Quentin and In the
. Cambria Sector.
FRENCH (NIGHT)-Attacks con-
Quoted by the first army in conjunc-
ton with the British in the region of
st. Quentin yesterday obtained impor-
tant results. We have penetrated st.
Quentin as far as the canal. The
enemy resisted obstinately.
In this region we reached the canal
between Tronuuoy and Rouyrny--To
the south we pushed into the Hinden-
burg line as far as two kilometers to
the east Of Gauchy.
We have taken Meurival, ventelay.
Bouyencourt, Trigny. Mercy 60 and
st. Thierry, on the Aisne front. Two
thousand prisoners have been taken
since yesterday. together with TWEEN
ty-ons cannon.
We have taken Autry Wood and
-Mauron, five kilometers north
of\youconville.
We have reached the southern Dor
ders OF Challerange. Many prisoners
were taken in the course Of the day,
as well as cannon. but 1t has not been
possible to count them.
The enemy has been forced to
abandon tho plateau between the
Aisne and Rheims and has fallen
back along the whole line. We &C.
cupied Maizy and Ouncevreux on
the south bank Of the Aisne, which we
approached between these two viii
lagos.
FRENCH tDAD-Our progress was
resumed this morning between the
Aisne and the Vesle.
In the Champagne the French troops
continued their attack and completed
their success yesterday evening. On
the right they realized an important
advance in the valley OF the Aisne, cap
turing Binarville and Conde-lez-
Autry. Numerous prisoners were taken
and considerable material captured,
notably more than 200 cars Of so
gauge and numerous cars Of standard
gauge.
Since September IS more than 10. 900
prisoners have been captured between
the Suippe ana the Argonne. In the
same period more than 400 guns. OF
which a great number were Of heavy
calibre. fell into our possession.
GERMAN tNIGHTD-Vigorous en-
Of Cambria and in Champagne have
been repulsed.
GERMAN DAY)-In a successful