Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-19
Outposts Captured and
Many Prisoners Taken
During Operations.
COUNTER BLOWS IN
FORCE BROKEN UP
Main Positions Of Germans Reached at
St. Quentin and Canbrai - Large
Numbers Of Troops Engaged in TAX
ing Positions Germans Thought TO
Be Inerabls-eeiieved to Prssago
Important Movement.


Allied successes in the sneirelins
Of st. Quentin and breaking into
the Hindsnburs line north Of thet
strong point continues. The fight
ing 10 going on with great intensity
on q front Of more than thirty
miles from south Of St. Quentin TO
northwest Of Cambria.
Field Marshal Haig 10 driving on
north Of st. Quentin and has cap
tured outposts Of the Hindsnburs
line.
The Germans apparently, with
the intention Of holding up The
British advance to the north, have
been bombardins heavily the Brit
ish lines from Gouzsaueourt to the
Arras- Cambria road.
On this front the best maps fail
TO show the difficulties attending
even . minor advance. For eighteen
months che Gsussns have been
Strengthening their positions,
which they consider ~ being a.
most invulnsrabls. The fact, there
foss, thst ths British and French
suseesdsd in stormins sntrsnehsd
bs;shts and strongly defended
A1ANns lMdlSasss the blew Was ore
II whish larSs nsmbses of men
Vssss engaged and may have bsen
desiSned ~ at least the prsIimi-
nary step 70 Z move Of more than
ordinary importance.
How serious was, the menace 10
the security Of the Hindenburg line
by the British thrust north Of St.
Quentin is shown by the vicious
German efforts 10 force back the
British, extending the battle line
nearly twelve miles TO the north
ward.
On the front attacked Wednesday
the British are pushing ahead
against severe resistance toward
the important enemy defensive
lines.
From lsmpire to Psntrust, which
the British now hold, the Germans
have bssn hurled from the forward
lines Of the Hindenburg positions.
The British At Lempirs are four
miles from 10 catsIet, an important
town, while on q front Of nearly
six miles they are within one mile
Of the high road and the canal.
On . short front west Of St.
Quentin the French are working
steadily toward the town and are
on the outskirts Of DaiIon, two
miles from St. Quentin.
German counter attacks at Tres
cauIt and Moeuvres, southwest and
west Of Cambria, were preceded by
an intense artillery bombardmsnt
which severed the British COM
r,unieation lines. Al both points
the Germans were hurled back with
heavy losses. The enemy entered
British trenches at some points but
were. Immediately overwhelmed.
American troops are engaged in
consolidating their new lines across
the bases Of the St. Mihisi salient,
which was wiped out by them last
week. The Germans are reported
to be feverishiy working TO
lstrsnsthsn their lines in this sector,
but Il seems probable that q new
American assault will be made at
once in this rssion.
it now appears that the success.
ful drive Of the Americans was for
the purpose Of wiping out> the ST.
M:,ieI salient, which stood 40
menace TO the flank Of the Amer
icans in Lorraine and the Frsnch
in Champagne in case either should
c,.-- lt may be considered,
therefore, % local attack, car
ried out WITH terrific force, and
now that it, objectivss have bssn
reached the storm esnter in east
ern France 'nay be shifted sud-
denly.
This fact, when taken ii eonsid-
GRAFTON with the successful attack
BY the British and French on the
ST. Quentin frent, shows Marshal
Foeh has pinned down larsS bodies
OF the enemy forces in widely sep.
aratsd sections Of the line.
The Germans are forced 70
f,savily man their lines bsfors Mstx
clear down thru Lorraine and the
vcsgss sectors, while thsre 10 a.
ways : threat q his vital positions
north Of Laon.
In the meantime the line from
Rheims 20 vsrdun always presents
itself % IN inviting field for an
allied offensive.
London. Sept. 1s.The British Ia,
Ight made further progress In the
rive into the Hindenburg line in til
/. Quentin region. aimed at the en-
rcIement OF, that town. a. 4sl
IN a continued advance north Of Pom
'uet they nave reached the outpoa
9sitiens = ~ Hind denburg lins, -
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