Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-05
HA|G At CAMBRIA
HAS $1,000 GERMANS,
FOE IN STAMPEDE
Boche Petreating on Two Fronts,
40 Miles; Ham Also Within
Easy Reach of the Allies.
HUNS LOSE EVERYWHERE
~ Associated Press u Every Evonlnz

~ Associated Press N Every Evenlnz
PARIS. Sept ; The British after their
yictnripls drive through tho Hndenb1rg
rIefenses. are Knocking A The g0'rs pf
Caubra, but apparently arc rnon en-
tarllv pausing before attempting ~ force
An entrance Prisoners n the number ~
more than rs .OoO and g1Ins erceeding l00
IN number have been taken hy them N this
advance
Meanwhile fhe center ~ greatest
activrtv has shifted to the rancc-Ameri-
can frnnt where the Germans arr in fuil
retreat on WIDE front North n the Vcaie
where the French and Americans are IN
pursuit
Between these two aect0rs another
notable German retrogradc movement IL
IN progress The French pressure IN the
region north and east of Noyon has forced
"A German ret tlrcEncnt on WIDE front IN
tins sector and advances of five to seven
miles have bern scored by the French
ioree- within the past AZ hours.
HAM ALMOST ~ FRENCH GRASP
The town of Ciuscard has been captured
and the French have pressed beyond until
they now arp but little more than two
miles from the important road center 0f
Ham They are approaching Ham on
both mdes ri the Somne and lts speedy
fall seems probable The Germans here
apparently arr heading back for the 81.
Quentin-la-Fere lIne.
Between the Ailette and the Aisne
the French also are gaming ground. They
have s-r,sxsei the Alsne at several points
northweast of SoIssons and have taken
the town of Missy y-sur-Alsne ON the north
bank. where they already were IN posses
sion nf Buoy le Long. Further north on
this front they have taken the towns Oi
Brayc and ClameCy.
GERMANS HURLED BACK.
The Franco-Amencan operation on the
Vcsie front mas been extended farther
eastward towards Rheims, and new cross
ings have been effected on the two and
one-haIf mile front between NentzauX
and .Ionchery, seven miles west Of Rheims
In the north the Germans are continuing
to move backward along the Flanders
front. The British are accrlerating The
retiring by sharp attacks IN one OF which
/ thev captured the village oi Ploegsteert.
/ They have regaIned their Apul line on the
southern part Of thus front, from Neuve-
+ Chapelle TO Givcnchy and have even push
! ed beyond II IN spots 70 the eastward OF
/ Giyenchy
I he Germans SLih are cAhEiuE 10 tLS
/ Messines ridge he highest ground oi THIS
sector, bur from the manner N which
! thcy are being forced back farther south,
! il seems doubtful If they viii be able TO
hold It much longer.
Fail I'D cHECN HALO
ON the DoQaI-Cambrai front and I'M
pedla,eIy 10 the south the enemy gives
signs Of stlffeuIug resistance, but neverthe-
}f~s he British have moved farther ahead
al variotI, IoInts Their most notable
cam was southeast o( BertIncourt, where
they took additional ground east of the
canal du Nord and captured Neuvlle-
BourIonvaI
The Germans ulade an effort % tlsiodge
Ficld Marshal H4g's forces from heir
+ position along the canal east OF Cambria,
attacking at lnchy-eu-Artols- They we're
repulsed, however, as they we're farther
south in an attack east OF ManancOurt.