The Robesonian., 1918-10-10
ALLIES MARCHING ON.
Important German Defense System
Between Cambria and St. Quentin
Demolished and Allied Troops Are
In Pursuit of the Retreating Enemy
Cambria Captured.

The Associated Press this morning
gave the following summary Of the
war news: e
The formidable German defense sys-
tenn between Cambria and St. Quen-
tin has been utterly demolished and
British, American and French troops
are out in the open country eastward
in pursuit of the retreating enemy.
Cambria, the pivot point in the
former line and over which there has
been SO much bitter fighting, is in
British hands; numerous villages and
hamlets to the south have been over
run by the Allies and thousands of
Germans have been made prisoner and
hundreds Of their guns captured.
The victory seemingly is a complete
one and with General Foch's strategy
working smoothly in bending back
the German line in one great converg-
ing movement, the Germans apparent
ly are in a serious predicament.
From the region northwest of
Rheims to the Meuse river north of
Verdun, the French and Americans
are slowly but surely pushing the Ger
mans backward toward the Belgian
border.
In Macedonia and Asiatic Turkey
the troops of the Entente still have
the enemy on the run. Ncwhere is
the enemy able to do more than fight
retarding battles, giving ground when
the pressure becomes too strong.
Under the avalanche of steel hurled
against them on the Cambria st.
Quentin sectors the Germans could
not live and were forced to flee east
ward. Heavy casualties were inflict-
ed on those of the enemy who had
the temerity to endea7or to make
a stand. On the other hand the cas-
ualties of the Allies are declared to
have been relatively small, those of
the Americans being less than half of
the number of prisoners taken by
them.
Where the enemy purposes TO ms ke
his next stand cannot be foretold but
probably an effort for turnabout will
be attempted along the Valenciennes
Sedan front. After this line the only
known German defensive position west
of the Rhine is the Meuse river. The
Americans already are threatening tc
make this line untenable, having start.
ed an advance up the valley on tbs
eastern side Of the stream toward Sc.
dan.
The maneuvers of the French north.
west of Rheims are cutting more deep.
ly into the German line, despite the
serious resistance that is being offer
ed by the enemy to POSTPONE the fal
OF the great St. Gobain mass;f and the
mighty important strategic positions o1
Laon and LaFere which seemingly arr
likely to be pinched out of the haiti,
front by the successful operations
Do
Strong resistance also is being i'm
posed by the Germans against furthe
advances by the French and Ameri
cans in Champagne and east of tn
Argonne forest. Particularly heav,
counter-attacks have been launched b,
the enemy on various positions, bu
without results other than increasin!
his casualties. Along the Suippe riv
er the fighting is furious, but tn
French have been able to make furth
er crossings of the stream. St. Etiepn
has changed hands several times i
bitter combats.
West of the Argonne forest tn
Americans have driven their line for
ward to the region of Corpay On tn
Aire river, where they have cffecte
junction with the French troops an
seemingly the Argonne forest 500
will be in Allied hands. On the east
ern side of the Meuse the American
have advanced and taken several sma
villages and also Strengthened OF
their line which was being enfilade
by the German guns from the east.
Reports persist that the Turks
cabinet has fallen and that the ne
grand vizer will be Tewfik Pash
whose sympathies are declared to I
pro-Ally rather than pro-German. r,
NOR has it that the Turks have de-
patched a peace note to the Alli'
through the Spanish government.