Gilpin observer., 1918-10-03
GERMANS SET
FIRE TO CAMBRIA
PoILLUs SMASH FIERCE RESIST.
ANcE AND FIGHT WAY INTO
ST. QUENTIN.
YANkS win OBJECTIvES.
BRITISH AND BELGlANS DRIVE
WEDGE TOWARD U-BOAT
BASE ON NORTH SEA.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
With the American Army on the
st. Quentin Front, Oct. 2.-Some hun
dreds of Americans in a certain far
advanced position between Cambria
and ST. Quentin, which they reached
late Sunday, were holding out val
iantly against superior enemy num-
bers, according to latest reports
which were received Tuesday. The
Australians made heroic attempts to
assist them, and so far as can be
learned are still keeping up these ef-
forts, the result of which is not
known. Furious fighting continues
here.
French, British, American and Bel
gian troops continue their smashes
against the German defenses, further
increasing the peril to the German
armies from Verdun to the North sea.
The important bastions Of Lille. Cam
brai, St. Quentin and Laon more and
more are becoming of less use to the
Germans
Cambria was burning Tuesday, hav-
ing been set on fire by the Germans
while Field Marshal Haig's forces
were entering its suburbs on the north,
west and southwest. Around st.
Quentin the British were extending
their iron ring. Between st. Quentin
and Cambrai the British are crossing
the Scheldt canal at several points.
having taken Vendhuile, on the canal
west of lie Catelet and midway be-
tween Cambria and st. Quentin.
Northeast of st. Quentin the. British
have taken Levergies, east Of point
running north and south through st.
Quentin.
The wedge driven in between the
fortress of Lille and the German sub
marine bases on the Belgian coast is
being widenedrapidly. The Belgians are
encircIing Roulers on the railway line
from Lille to the submarine bases at
Ostend and Zeebrugge. Farther south
the British menace Menin. on the same
railroad, and are along the Lys west
of Menin for a distance of five miles.
The forces under King Albert are on
open ground, and it would seem that
the railroads forming and within the
triangle Of Lille, Ghent and Bruges
would soon be lost to the Germans,
bringing about the evacuation of Os-
tend and Zeebrugge.
General Berthelot resumed Tuesday
morning his onslaughts against the
German lines between the Vesle and
Aisne west of Rheims The French
here are marching toward the eastern
end of the Chemin des Danes and the
open country north of Rheims by
which Laon can be outflanked.
From the Suippe to the Meuse the
French and Americans maintain their
strong. steady pressure against the
German forces defending the import.
ant communication lines running east
to Metz from the Laon-St. Quentin re-
gion. West of the Argonne the French
toward Challerange and Vouiziers
In the Macedonian theater, west Of
Lake Ochrida. the Austrians are evac-
uating territory in Albania, probably
indicating that now Bulgaria Is out of
the war the Austro- Hungarians realize
they are in a serious predicament, far
from home and with no allies to aid
them.
General Allenby in Palestine has
surrounded Damascus and French
cavalry is reported to be working its
way up the Mediterranean sea coast
toward Beyrout.