The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12
THE HUN AT ONE | !
POINT WILL TRY
TO HALT ALLIES
In Cambrai-St. Quentin Sector
Stand Is Made.
The Line of Germans Is a Most
Unstable One.
FRENCH ARE SWEEPING AHEAD
Yank Attack Aids Markedly In
Success of Allies.
Americans Hit Hard Resistance
in Attacks Today. fe.tn
In Cambrai-St. Quentin Sector
Stand Is Made.
The Line of Germans Is a Most
Unstable One.
FRENCH ARE SWEEPING AHEAD
Yank Attack Aids Markedly In
Success of Allies.
Americans Hit Hard Resistance
in Attacks Today. feH
fBy the Associate Press0

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The Germans have paused in their
flight before the Anglo-American adj
vance from the Cambrai-St. Quentin
line long enough to attempt stand
along the Selle river southwark from
the tip of the allied wedge at LIE Ca
teau.
Momentarily, therefore. the line ap-
pears to be stationary along this 'front.'
where the enemy had hastily dug in.
Field Marshal Haig in his official re-
port today did not mention any new
forward movement here.
The line is an extremely unstable
one, however, and the German de-
fenses are described as mere scratches
on the surface. There scans every
probability, threfore. that the allied
drive will be resumed as soon as the
guns and the transports catch up with
the advanced elements for a powerful
push at the improvised German posi-
tions. Meanwhile the British sweep
on the more northerly front has re-
suited in an extremely close approach
to the city of Douai. Closing in on the
southwest and northwest the British
are hardly more than q mile and
half from the center of the place thru
their capture of Quincy and the an
nOunce cement OF DOud1 Iall at any
hour would not be surprising.
French Advance.
Equally sweeping advances are be-
ing made by the French in the Cham
pagne. The German front here seems
to have lost its power of successful re-
sistance and General Petain's troops
have made a quick advance of from
three to four miles, The important
town of Vouziers has been penetrated
6a J, lin ir,C r, has
been brought up to a level with it far
to the west along the Retourne river.
The advance in the Champagne
now has reached a depth of nearly
lean offensive was started on this
front September 26, hardly more than
two weeks ago.
Yanks Continue Attack.
Aiding markedly in the success of
! this operation and striking at even
more vital German positions is the
! continued American attack in the
Argonne and eastward. In the Meuse
district, the American first army
| fought it's way northward Friday to
the vicinity of Landries-Et st. Georges
which apparently marks at least a
mile and a half progress beyond the
famous Kriemhilde line.
Today the Americans were again at
! tacking such a determined resistance
as to indicate plainly the realization
of the Gerr ans that they are fac
| ing here menace to the safety of
| their entire position in northern
/ France thru the threat to their vital
| communicating lines in the Mont
medy area.
| Near to Douai.
! London, Oct. 12.-German troops
| in the region of Douai are retiring be-
| hind the Sensee canal. British forces
have reached a line two miles west
-of Douai.
The withdrawal of the Germans
| across the Sensee canal has been more
| or less completed. 1t is believed
Field Marshal Haig's men will be on
the edge of the canal and in the out
skirts of Douai by tomorrow morning.
South ofsLaon the Germans are con.
tinuing their retirement north of the
famous Chemin des Danes under the
pressure of attacks from the west and
south, and it is confidently expected
that the whole of the famous highway
| will be entirely evacuated very soon.
| The Germans are falling back very
rapidly in the Champagne. and this
morning the French have advanced
for a distance of from three to four
miles.
After capturing Vouziers. on the
Aisne river, the French have gone
some distance beyond that town. So
swiftly is the line changing that it il