Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-23
Capture Village and Fort OF
VendeuiI and Push
Forward.
BRITISH TAKE TRENCHES J.
IN VICINITY OF VENDHUILE
Americans Raid in St. Mihiel Sa.
lient,J Capturing Men Of
Jaeger Battalion.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
About st. Quentin the operations are
centered ON the towns of Vndeuil and
Vendhuile. The French after captur-
ing the town and fort of Vendeuil
pushed on to the Disc river and as
result have driven sharp salient
into the German defenses between st.
Quentin and Laon. Nendeuil is one
of the more distant outposts Of Laon
and is the most important point on
the Hindenburg line between st. Quen-
tin and La Fere. Its capture places
the French on the west bank of tho
Disc and in position to cross the
Disc canal and carry out the eneir-
cling of st. Quentin from the south
and east.
British Take Strong Points.
vendfuile is nine miles north
! northwest of st. Quentin and on the
Scheldt canal, two miles west of LIE
Catelet. Northwest and southwest OF
the town the British have captured
German strong points, and rapidly
are closing in on it from three direc-.
tions.
Farther north Field Marshal Haig's
men have carried out a successful
local attack south of Villers-Guislain,
taking 100 prisoners. In loca,
operation northeast of Arras the
east of Gayrelle and made some prog
reSS.
Berlin Admits Loss.
BERLIN, September % (via Lon.
don).-British forces to the east OF
Epehy, southeast of Cambria, yester.
day obtained a footing in sections or
statement issued today by the German
general headquarters staff.
WITH THE BRITISH FORCES IN
! FRANCE, September 23, 10 a.m.-ln
a. small attack east of Gayre,le. m .ne
advanced their lines for an average
depth of 500 yards along front OF
| LOO yards
Haig's men gained several strong
/ positions in the patches OF loreStS oH
| the high ground.
| The British also have captured some
ground southeast of Villers-Guislatn,
| on the front southwest OF Camorai,
and have cleaned out several Rensssy enemy
! after hard fighting which lasted the
greater part of Sunday night.
The Germans last evening MADE a
| counter attack at Berthaucourt, near
! lery fire. A sharp infantry engage
ment followed, in which the Germans
pushed forward into some OF the BRIT
| ish defenseS. An Immediate counter
| attack. however, completely restored
the situation.
Notable Progress by French.
By the Associated Press.
| PARIS, September 23.-French troops
yesterday and last night made notable
progress in their drive for the en-
circlement OF st. Quentin. They
pushed in far on the south scs, and CAP
close to the Oise, nine miles south
east of st. Quentin, today's war ofdce
announcement shows
From Vendeuil the French pushed
on to the river. North of Ly Fontaine
they penetrated the wood in the di-
rection of Hinacourt
British Also Make Progress.
LONDON, September 23.-British
forces last night attacked the German
lines between st. Quentin and Cam
| brai, opposite LIE Catelet. making
| progress in the vicinity of Tombois
| farm and capturing a group OF
| trenches and strong points on the
ridge northwest of Vendmuie. f1eIc
Marshal Haig announced In his om-
! cial statement today.
! Another enemy strong point near
the Ronssoy- Bony road, just to the
south, also was taken by the British.
A successful local attack was carried
out south of Villers-Guislain.
| German troops late yesterday coun-
| ter attacked in the vicinity of Gillc-
mont farm on the front between Cam
| brai and st. Quentin. to the west OF
LIE Catelet Field Marshal Haig an
| nounces the repulse of the enemy with
| heavy losses.
To the northwest of st. Quentin the
Germans penetrated the British line
at one point. at Berthaucourt during
an attack. The position was re-es-
tablished by counter attack.
| On the front between Arras and
Lens there was a continuation of the
advance movement in the neighbor-
hood of Gavrelle. Southeast OF that
village English troops made progress
on a front of three-quarters OF mile:
Machines of the British Independent
air force dropped nearly sixteen tons
Of bombs on German air dromes and
on blast furnaces in the Metz region
on Saturday night. it was officially an
tackled were these at Hagendinngon and
Rombach. Four enemy airdromes
were bombed by the raiders.
Americans Take Prisoners.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. Sunday, September % (Reu-
|ters).-American troops raided the
enemy lines in the neighborhood OF
Saumont village in the center OF the
new line across the st. Mihiel salient.
last night. They captured twentyrnye G nv
itseIf II had sharp fighting in the
village, taking twenty prisoners and
killing and wounding some forty more
Germans. The prisoners were mem
hers of a Jaeger battalion formeriy
American patrols have discovered
49,, Trenches and a machine gun
emniscement south of Dommartin.
which is in the Kriemhiid line. the
enemy continues work all along tnis
front.
5000 Foe Gas Shells
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