Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-03
70 TOWNS TAKEN
BY ALLIES TODAY,
BRITISH GET Il.
Haig Captures Large Number OF
Prisoners; Foe MAY Stand on
Canal du Nord
HUNS LOSE HOUSANDS
nv Associated Press 70 rverr Evening

nv Associated Press 10 Every Evening
with the Hrltlsh Army III France.
Sept 3 2 y ~ The villages Of Saude-
mont and Recount. more than milo and
half beyond Durv. tho capture nf which
was announced last night arc reported 10
have been taken TODAY
The village of Itatng two miles north
Of Dtirv. fell late Yesterday NJ about the
same time tho British further south vcre
capturing Nillcre loz-C agnyrotri These
captures uerc cfTected after most bitter
fighting
In heavy lighting last night cynnd the
nrocourt Onraut line thr british arc
reported e. have made further progress
on y front of 5000 yards
uuNs ASSAULT ~ vaIS
Thr enemy was IN force ai the last re-
ports "a the sbtithurHt and IL The north ~
Oueanf From The ridges he was pouring
heavy machine gun fire 1T tho British
who were returning the fire and gaming
ground ri ;hr same tlnc
lens and Queant have also fallen 70 the
British
ON tho Sommc battlefield. the HrfIsh
arc driving at pace generally fasf ~ the
direction 81 the canal iu Nntd where the
Germans have erected wire Their
trCUrhCS hCrc, however. 4tiiN nav BstH
half dug II IS rtlmorcd
The Germans II sccns 70 he expect ed.
will offer determined resistance along this
hnc rs they arc nov doing IN front If II
With the lines ~ the canal N such an
embryo state. howe little protection
will he afforded the encmN should he bc
forced to AXE refuge behind them
THotrsA>ps OF Hu&s TAkEN
In the northern half tf tho Drocm1rt-
Oucant battle front there were some 1000
prisoners IN tho cages last night Thou
sands more have been taken to the hos
mtaIs wounded. while probably more than
1000 additional captures had been made
on the southern half Of the front
In one place along the front Of battle
eight German divisions or rather four
comparatively fresh divisions and the
remnants Of four other divisions were
fighting against three British divisions
An officer from ono of these enemy dtvl-
SONS which was the Second Guards
| Reserve. said however, that his division
had been IN the fighting for more tnsn a
week and that its effectlves would number
less than thousand men.
In his battalion only himself and II of
his men had survived. he declared tie
added that the German losses had been
heavier than any they had suffered previ-
ollslv
HARD FIGHTING MAR NoREUtL
In their push northeastward along the
Bapaume-t fambrai road, the British hayc
reached BcugnX | nofficial advices
from London tins morning reported the
British in today's advance to have pushed
some three and ono half miles beyond this
point The town Of Nillers-tn-Flos.
southeast of Bapaume was IN British
hands early last evening after severe
fighting After taking SaillN-Salllisel
the British rushed on across the Bapaumc
Pcronne road and IN the fighting Just To
the north were we'll on their way toward
Rocnuignv The Germans were in
heavy force in the region of Noreul aud
hard fighting was in progress there.
There is every sign that the enemy If
hurrying his retirement on this part Of the
British front TO get behind what is left o
his defensive line This new line he ex-
pectcd TO take up behind the canal du
Nord is not considered very strong land
is too near 'Douai and Cambra to be
comfortable to the enemy.
The determined German. resistance
at the cross roads north of Nillers-les-
Cagnicourt WAS overcome by the British
this morning and Haig's men are now
showing forward In the direction of
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