The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
Allied Forces Keep Up
Advance Taking Many
New Towns.
HUN ABOUT TO GET IN TRAP
French and Americans in the Cham
payne Have Made Further Gains-
British Occupy Damascus TAX
ing Over 1000 Turkish
Prisoners.

Again the Germans are in retreat
on an important sector Of the west
ern battle front in France. The scene
of the new retrograde movement is
a wide front north and south of La
Basse Canal.
The continuation by the entente
allied forces of their brilliant ach-
ievements in restoring Belgian Flan-
ders and the expulsion of the enemy
from further territory in France
from the region of Cambria to Yer
dun evidently has brought the Ger
mans to the realization that the
great bend in the line from Menin to
the east of Arras is likely to prove
another such trap as was the St. MI
hiel salient unless they are fast
enough of foot to move eastward,
giving up Lille, Lens and Douai and
straighten their line from the vicini-
ty of Cambria to Belgium.
On all the other six battle fronts
from Belgium to Verdun the entente
forces are keeping up their success
full advances, although, the Germans
everywhere northwest of Rheims
have materially stiffened their front
and are offering strong resistance TO-
further inroads into their territory.
In Belgian Flanders the wedge of
the Belgian, British and French
troops has penetrated still further
eastward and southeastward from
Dixmude, only few miles will be
required by the allied troops to give
them positions by which Ostend, one
of Germany's sea bases will be made
untenable and indeed the entire
= North Sea coast in German hands put
in jeopardy. British warships are now
= violently bombarding the coast and
the Germans are reported to be NOV
ing their heavy guns eastward, fear
full of their capture.
Many additional towns have been
captured by the allies in this section
and numerous prisoners have been
taken. The important railroad juno
ton point of Rculers is all but in
the hands of the allies. while south
ward from Roulers the British have
cut Roulers-Menin Railway at two
places and are in the process of in
Festing Menin. The French are now
in full possession of st. Quentin
and have passed eastward. The en-
ire Hindenburg system between st.
Quentin and LeCate1et has been
completely smashed by Field Marshal
daig's forces, with whom the Ameri-
ans are brigaded, and further
round has been won in the out
kirts of Cambria and north of that
ity. At one point north of St. Quen-
i'm the British were forced to give
p a village under heavy counterat-
hck by fresh German troops.
A band of Americans who had out
istanced their fellows in arms were
lrrounded on one sector by the Ger
bans, but were released after two
ays, during which they killed many
the enemy who sought to capture
lem.
Northwest of Rheims the St. Thier-
massif has been captured and north
the Cathedral City the environs of
ethany have been reached by the
rench. The Germans along this
ont are in retreat to their old 1917
be and the French have reached the
inse Canal in several points.
The French in Champagne and the
nerlcans on their right have made
rther gains against the Germans in
cleaning out of the Argonne for
and pressing northward on both
es of this bastion.
In Palestine the British have occu-
ID Damascus and taken more than
100 Turks prisoners.