The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
THREE BATTLES RAGE
THROUGHOUT DAY

vcpdon Sept. a.--1hree ~N"-
r~sc vet jntcr-siepcndept na'"eN'
rered throughout to-day and We
stin flartng at full blast long a'u'
ntghtfail. In each the aii'cs -.
ed ground. despite MAJ" "a
stifcned German Ts'SaN
frcoucut counter attacks -
.s..ea.in Ia Ecrc ard tho south
western approaches OF '"'""'"'
are their ohjcctivcs
r. Erre may fall before the hiSh'
4. ,x,er French patrols were reFor'-
"a late This evening 20 he Approaching
che burning city. General f"H4"' ~
forces are converginE on II from tIlI vo
a;rections. south, west ana nofth"tS'
tn are same way The left OF Genera.
uumherts army and the r'sht "a
Rawlinson's British forces are fi'oN
tnr on st. Quentin. The french; mort"
If lie Hamel. which they 'ooh
,ersav are less than four miles SCUM :
-. 9, ouentin. To the west ana
northwest of that central Snl"aFk III
-. main Hindenburg lire, however
~. Germans have begun 30 react Nlo-
,en.1v with their backs against the
Sonnae river.
ycrmand Falls.
ynrr,aYa sig miles orthwest or ~.
Quentin had been Tepor tea IN 'ite '@t
afternoon to have fallen 20 the 'rt'-
,sh hut word comes lust now ron.
the front that the town Ia stlH h'!a
hv the Germans. and that The iattet
are counter attacklng
But IL the French north oil 'F
Hamel ara in sufficient force 'N r"SH
,nrc,gh and take IS Quentin from
~. south or outflank it, THE desper-
ate counter thrusfs against the trH-.
sSb will avail the enemy nothing j ne
whole stretch Of the Crezat canal pc
.ween the Disc and tho Somne is IN
French possession.
In their drive on Cambria the
British today overcame some o9-
~tacles that have been holding
Their, nm for many days. They
cantured the strongly fortified
high ground dominating HeNrin-
court wood and Automatically
made further progress in The
eastern e@rt OF that forest wh'Vh
has proved the strongest point on
resistance they have yet encoun
tered IN this area. Completion OF
the woods capture Is now mat
ter OF hours
Back to Old Home.
Tonight the British had established
themselves in their cid positions on the
ridge overlooking Gouzeaucourt, Whlch
they held before the Germans super
drive of March 81 was launched. Gou-
zesucourt wood is in their hands Fur
ther south Heu4icourt is being evacu-
ated bv the Germans, and the Brit
ish are moving menactRg}y clos to l"-
Cateiet link in the Hlndenhurg de
Tense chain between Cambria and st
Quentin Couzeaucourt lies six miles
to the mort west of Lecatelet. on the
southern end of the attacking front.
southeast of Laou. the Germans are
counter attacking with ever growing
frequency and violence, especially
around I.affaux. northeast Of SCISSORS.
They have failed SO far, however, TO
wrest a foot of ground from the
French. but left eighty prisoners ia
the iatter's hands
Slowly but sur General MaEin
army is conVerging on the ST Gotain
forest. with which stand Of fails Laon.
Slight headway was again made by
the French toward the forest to-day
The town of St Gobain, northwest 0f
the forest, Is reported near fall
In Flanders the Germans con-
tinue Withdrawing Latest reports
from that front arc that won Ar
min has taken all his artillery
across the f.yS to the east bank of
the river A-rr1rrrticr~~ mr. frrr-
portaut railway town ON the Lys
Is expected to he abandoned by the
Germans without a struggle.