, 1918-10-03
YANKEES PIERCE
STRONGEST LINE
FRENCH TAKE BELLEVUE, RAIL
KEY TO eRAND-PRIE, AND
LUNeE WEST TO AZURE.
DIxMUDE IS CAPTURED
FALLS BEFORE BELGIAN SMASH
ALLIES TAKE 10000 cAPTIvEs
IN THREE DAYS.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Paris, Sept. 3O.-The American
army operating On the Champagne
front has captured Brieulles-Sur-
Mouse and Romagne, west of that
town on the outskirts of the forest of
Romagne, and the attack is progress
ing favorably.
London, Sept. 30.-Dixmude has
been captured by the Belgian troops,
1t was officially announced Sunday
night. The Belgians have also taken
zerrem, ~Stadenberg, P~asschendaele,
Moorsledge and part of Westroose-
oeke. This means an advance of sew
eral miles. After breaking up a .vio-
lent enemy counter attack the Bel
gians captured Terreest height and at
the close of the day had advanced to
within less than two miles of Roulers.
h prisoners taken since Saturday
exceed $500. More than 100 guns
n numerous machine guns and
bomb throwers and much war mate
rial have been captured. Between
Dixmude and Ypres the Germans have
been pressed back from four to five
miles.
Paris, Sept. 30.-French, British and
American and Belgian troops in the
last three days have captured 10000
prisoners and 300 guns, it is estimated
here. Since July IS the allies have
captured 100000 prisoners, 5000 guns,
10000 machine guns and enormous
quantities of material. This does not
take into account the operations in
Macedonia and Palestine.
American troops-boys from New
York, Tennessee n North and South
Carolina-were in the thick of the
fray Sunday which badly smashed the
German positions over a frontof more
than fifty miles, from the region of
Arras to La Fere. On a three-mile
front the America stormed the Hin
denburg line and captured the towns
of Bellicourt and Nauroy, crossing the
Cambria canal in the operations.
Meanwhile to the south the British
stormed the main H~indenburg de-
lenses on the Scheldt canal, crossed
the waterway and gained the hills be-.
yond, taking many prisoners.
To the north the British have their
on Cambria, the important Ger
man base over which recently there
has been so much fighting. The Can
adams are in the northwestern out
skirts of the city, while a naval divi-
sion has reached the southern envf-
rons.
South of st. Quentin, to La Fere.
h French have pressed forward
their line and taken some 500 prison
ers. Along the Chemin des Danes
the French have advanced their line
for a distance of two miles, capturing
h highest point on the famous ridge.
To the south, from the region of
Arras to st. Quentin, the British, with
the Americans fighting on their right,
everywhere have penetrated the Ger
man defenses over the thirty-five-mile
front.
Belgians, led by King Albert, and
aided by British sea forces, crash thru
Hun defenses north of Ypres t o the
coast, capture Passchendaele ridge
and many important towns.
In unison with the attacks to the
north the French along the battle
front north and northeast of Scissors
have delivered fresh attack. under
which the Germans are in retreat
north of the Aisne toward the Ailette,
indicating that the enemy line soon
must be readjusted east as far as
Rheims, IL not further.
Large numbers Of r-einforcements
have been thrown into the battle In
Champagne to halt the advance of the
French toward the important junction
of VOUCHERS. but nevertheless General
Gouraud's men have pressed forward
northward from the region east of
Rheims to the nothern fringes of the
Argonne forest, taking many positions
OF the highest strategic value.
'Gouraud's French forces captured
Fort Malmaison, key to Laon. and i'm.
portant position of Chavignon. Fall
of Laon probably would mean retreat
of Huns to German forder.
Prisoners to the number of 81 ,00e
and 1876 machine guns had beer
counted by the British in Palestine
Friday night, according to an official
communication issued in London.
The Yankees downed sixty airplanes
and demolished two troop trains.