Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-11
ALLIES MEET
WITH LITTLE
RESISTANCE
Germans Maintain Rear
Guard Actions BY Use
Of Machine Guns.
HEAVY ARTILLERY
TAKEN TO REAR
German Invasion of France |Ebbins on
Line From vsrdun TO oeuai-Num-
sreus Positions Occupied BY Advance
ins Troops-lmprssnabIs Position at
81. Gobain Forest Being outhanksd
L. catsau Evacuated. ~.
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[By the Associated Press.l

T. From Douai to Verdun the tide OF
;errnan invasion is ebbing. A general
retreat OF Teutonfc forces over this
!hr- nunx line appears to have begun
kpme time yesterday.
abandoned L CAtean, which has been
occupied BY De British and Amer
leans. Farther south tie French have
pushed eastward nom St Quentin.
inst north Of IAFere, where the
enemy haA held his positions since
aariy IN Septembet.. the French lhevs
taken the Village OF SesvAb. which
mat,m fke Point DAeEe tAA Wkdge =
e4seTslng thO ~ Gotatn stTOnghold, in
which the 0efmans have 4aa11sst -1m-
pfcsnable pusttions.
Pushing eastward along the chemin
des Danes the French have forced the
enemy across the Oise- -Aisne canal
and Just to- the southeast they crossed
the Aisne little to the eastward OF
Oeuilly.
In the Champagne sector the forces
OF Ge1efal GouFaud have swept ahead
and occupied Termes and Grand Pre-,
which stands on the north bank Of the
Aire river as 1t winds thru the
Argonne forest
East Of the Argone forest American
divisions nave smashed their way
ahead, taking Sommerance, Chevieres
and Marco. This brings them nearly
up t6 Grand, Pre-. Farther east they
have, rectified their lines on each side
Of the Meuse.
f The significant feature Of this fight
ing is that in the Champagne, Argonne
and Cambrai-St. Quentin sectors there
has been little resistance to the allied
armies. East Of. f.Cambrai the Germans
seem in full fight and farther south
the French march unimpeded in the
direction Of Guise.
The advance of the French near La
Fere and along the Aisne to the south
OF Laon SENS quite significant. This
part Of the hattie line has the strong
est natural positions to be found any
where along the front. The st. Gobain
forest is almost invulnerable, while the
hills north Of the Aisne lend them
selves admirably to defensive opera
tons.
East Of oeuilly. where the new
crossing Of the Aisne has been made.
further ground has ben gained north
OF Barry -aM -Bac.
In the Champagne and Argonne sec
tors the KFiemhild line. built by the
Germans by long labor to be the uti-
mate defence Of the region, appears to
be broken and the American storming
troops are on each side Of the ATgonne
forest
In the event. that Germans are try
iug to reach one Of their lines near the
Belgian frontier this sector may be the
one where the strongest fighting may
develop. An advance, Of ten or fifteen
miles along the 4Meuse would bring the
French and Americans to the principal
railroad artery leading from Germany
to northern France. II this road can
be reached the enemy would be placed
ina critical position.
London, Oct. 11.-American troops
operating With the British on the front
southeast Of Cambrai completed last
night the capture Of aux-Andigny and
ST. souplet, Field Marshal Haig an
nounced IN his Official statement today.
The river Selle has heen crossed by
lie British north OF LIE Cateau. Fight
ssnss il soins on In the eastern section
81 that town.
IA the region Immediately east Of
Cambrat the British have reached the
outsklrts Of the village Of st. Vaast
and st. Aubert. (, 4
The British are continuing to push
forward on the front between Cambrai
and Lens. They made progress during
the night In the direction OF IIel-lez-
Enquerchin, five miles west of Douai.
IS The British also are progressing east
Of sal)aumines, and along the northerly
bank Of the Haute -Deule canal, east Of
Lens. lssts
Must 0;vs " 81. cobain.
Today'a advices from the front. tndi- =
csLfe It ID certain the Germany will
ave 70 exacAate thess Gobain iforest
almost inin sdiateiy.
The Germans are evaciIating tho
!. ChSln - pamss under pressure os
lvg u y, =