Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-09
ALLIES SWEEPING HUN
BACK To GERMANY
Make Answer to Peace Plea in
Victory on the Cambria
ST. Quentin Front.


| standing:
The most effective response 10 The
| German peace proposal was made yes
| tcrday on the front between Cambria
md st Quentin by the British, French
and American forces An attack was dc
| livercd ON this sector over n front OF
| over twenty miles, which attack, con
| sidering the difficulties met with, made
remarkable progress On this section al
the front the British have been nlbblng,
with occasional short. sharp thrusts.
for some days Their progress has been
slow but steady, although ~ was natural
in this character of fighting, expensive
in men Yesterday the nbllne ceased
and gave way TO a major attack IN great
force. and with considerable effect
cAMHRAi ENvELoPEp.
"The first result If the fighting il seem
Mt Cambria No report Of It's evacuation
has been received At the same time
ring has been driven halfway around
the city. which will make its retention
"a matter Of great difficulty From Nier-
rnics on the south to Tlloy on tho north
along the western boundary at The city
the British troops arc m tho outskirts
Of the town The only barrier that op
poses The encircipF 81 the city ls the
Scheldt Canal which comes IN from The
northeast On the south the city IS with
out q line of defense" wlnle The same
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iA"N MUST CIV Wv
Further to the south the advance ~
being drawn periloisly near to the o1se
River The Germans are being benz
bnck toward tho river. which IS nov bit
n few miles to the cast 81 fontalne
THIS brings to the foreground the halrI"n
which 3 be'ng constructed aoont th"b.
one side of winch - the 'lse Nc "ther
side the Aiane, and tho base ne :.
tiobain fnasali such p"aIi9n af ms
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@a,,,t orJ arc vorLing IN The south
hanL ~ the river toward Neufchatcl
With the advance of the British north
~ 81 ouent,n tho rltv - Erainv surround
nd
aIf i were winter when active opera
f,one are periodically suspended bv
vr,tber conditions there could he no
douht that the Germans wouh retreat
fyorn tbeir present positions before dis
,ater o,cyte,L thorn Their line ~
hoses ~ which their D,pition in the west
hung has been broken and two If these
baees have hccn taken But II - not
part az Foch plan to permit them 10
retreat Rather hc IL deliberately PIN
,;na tbcrn down where they arc and
making them fight IL ont
RI thew retreat now tt will be m tho
face not only of NJ active army. but an
army which has had an nnbroken series
of unnayelleled Successes No more
dangerous opcratlon could 10 under
taken than this The Germans are
therefore faced with the dilemma whether
,hcv x,lI retreat under such conditions
~ aLothcr tlc,, uiil try Ia hold on
mil winter The answer however. APP
raars ~ liz Nth the Allies rather than
Inc German High Command
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