The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-03
French and British Armies Cap
ture City After Desperate
Fighting.
BATTLE STILL RAGING
British Forces During September or
the Western Front Captured
$1,000 Germans and
700 Big Guns.

Germany's defenses between
Cambria and st. Quentin are
crumbling under the determined
blows of Marshal Foch.
Both towns are a1re and the fall
of Cambria will probably mean the
abandonment of Douai by the en-
envy. La Fere, south of st. QUEEN
tin, seems to be in peril and if that
city is taken by the Allies the
Germans probably will be in peril
from the st. Gobain forest and
Laon. When this occurs the back
bone of the German line in north
ern France will be broken.
Paris, Oct. 3.-"Attacks conducted
by the first army in conjunction with
the British in the region of St. Quen-
tin obtained important results. We
have penetrated st. Quentin as far as
the canal" says the French war office
statement. The enemy resisted OBJ
stinately." Only a small portion of the
city lies beyond the canal.
"In this region we reached the canal
between Tronquoy and Rouvroy. To
tllC SOulh VIC punuCu llLO IL IIALtuCh-
burg line as far as two kilometers to
the east OF Gauchy.
I'VE have taken Meurival, Ventelay,
B%ouvencourt, Trigny, Merry and st.
Thierry (Aisne sector). Two thousand
prisoners have been taken, together
with 81 mo
1--WE have taken Autry wood and
Vaux-les-Mauron, five kilometers north
of B%ouconville.
I'VE have reached the southern
borders of Challerange. Many prison
ers were taken in the course of the
day, as well as cannon, but ii has not
been possible to count them"
$500 Prisoners and 700 Guns.
London, Oct. 3.-Extremely heavy
fighting has been in progress along
the Cambrai-St. Quentin sector, ac-
cording to Field Marshal Haig's report.
Notwithstanding increased German re-
sistance, the British have gained i'm.
portant territory along the greater
part of the line.
The ext of the statement reads:
The operations continued satisfac,
torily on the ST. Quentin-Cambra bat
tie front. On our extreme right,
northeast of st. Quentin, we made
considerable advance eastward on to
the high ground east of Levergies.
SO German Divisions Beaten.
Farther north we gained a footing
In Joncourt, storming the defenses OF
the village of Estress and cleared the
enemy from the high ground south OF
lie Catelet.
"ln the center, fighting of a severe
nature is taking place in the villages
of Creve-Coeur and Rumilly and Oh
the rising ground north and east OF
these places.
ION the left between Cambria and
the River Sensee our troops have
been severely engaged throughout the
morning In attack and counterattack
with fresh hostile forces brought UP
to the battlefield. Notwithstanding
we made progress east of Tilloy, and
in the neighborhood of Belcourt.
During the four days fighting from
Sept. 81 on the st. Quentin ambrai
battle front we engaged and defeated
with heavy losses SO German divisions
approximately $4,000 mem.
During the month of September
the British forces captured $1,000 pris
oners, including 1900 officers and also
700 guns of all calibers and some thou
sands of machine guns. During the
months of August and September the
total captures by the British amount
ed to 1858 prisoners, including 2,7Ss
officers and about 1,400 guns"
SEPTEMBER LOSSES % 037