Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-09-30
LUST ANA, SHOUT
AMERICANS, AND
SLAUGHTER HUNS
Fight Till Exhausted Then Fresh
Australians Come in Dramatic
Relay and Keep Up Onslaught
LIE CATELET GREAT BASE
OF KAISER S TAKEN
Prisoners in Droves Pour Back
and Are Gagged Many
Towns Captured.
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~ Associated rreas 20 Every Evening
british IIeadquartcrs IN France. Sept
- Striking ri the strongest ppiRt Of
tho Uindcnlurg line hot Wcru 81 Quentin
and Let afclct. British and American
troops launched terrific attack At q
O clock this morning forty-eight hours
before the infantry advanced against the
German lines the British artillery had
maintained terrific lire against tho onony
paaitlons For the laat ten hours Of this
hnmbardment gas shells hv the thousands
were hurled against tho Germans, causing
comparative silence 60 fall over tho
onemy lines
I've rrANiA' itatT ANA
Last night a successful preliminary
infantry attack DEVELOPED between Mar
cong and Masnleres against tho man
Ilndcnhurg line Under q creeping cur
tam a. flame. the main assault was
launched this morning \ large force Of
American troops. shouting luaiiauia :
advanced IN the first waves with splendid
dash
4 large number If tanks went out with
the first wave. being directed against q
front ~ siN thousand Yards south If Ncnd-
hmlc. where tho 81 Quentin canal passes
through tunnel
sing tho Nendhple gap az bridge. the
Americans stormed forward. deploylng
fau-wIsc as they went tine Brltlsh Ill
vision swan acloss the canal Then under
steady machine gun hre thpy pushed
forward into the village Of Reiengllse
~ clock the prisoners were stream
ing back IN drovez BY this time thc first
phase If thc attack had ended. and after
pause the advance was resumed
AUSTRALIANS TAKE uP FIGHT
Than one hf he most dramatic incidents
of the hath occurred The Americans,
tired and hcspaahed. but IN hearty spirits,
apcned thrlf ranks and Australian units.
moving MP IN support swept through
them and became the first wave ut the
renewed attack Tho storm Of cheering
that greeted this manaHvre rose high
above the roar of conflict
There was hard fighting at many places
where the Germans had established re-
doubts Of extraordinary strength. Ameri-
can hatta.ons. which advanced So RAPIDLY
AT Test that some were checked by their
own harrage ire. met with strong re-
@istance I'm Immensely strong machine
gun position AT the entrance Of the sub
,crranean canal was subdued by the AID
Of tanks New Zealand regiments drove
a deep wedge INTO the encmy line south
of Cambral and took one thousand
prisoners
Canadians approached Families, north
Of Cambria. and al some points were
astrldc the more important lines OF com
munications Is the morning advanced
II became clear that the battle WAS tie
vcloplng INTO a victory. Much OF the per.
sonal equipment abandoned 10y the enemy
appears "a be quite new
L. Catriet ting key position 20 the
whole sector between Belicourt and
BauteuN was unolhcialy reported N
allied hands by noon The Allies APP
Arcntly were astrlde the st. Quentin
Cambrai railway at places, thus seriously
restricting the cncmy's communication
important fortified villages, including
La Nacqucrie, Nauroy, Bony and Nillers
! Guislain, we're taken early in the battle
The effects of the terrific allied lombard.
ment were everywhere visible.
On the Belgian front, Holthulst village
lost BIZ counter attack, was retakcr
today ~ King Nhert's troops Stadel
has been taken and the whole Passchcn
daele ridge system has been overrun. Tn,
Belgiaus counted more than 500
prisoners. On the st. Quentin front 400(
Germans we're captured.