The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-05
RETREAT ON LYS,
NORTH OF NOYON
and ALONG AISNE
Whole Front Shaken From
Ypres to Rheims.
British Pause Temporarily Be-
fore City of Cambria.
$1,000 PRISONERS IN d DAYS
Also 100 Cannon Have Been
Taken by Haig's Men.
Have Crossed Old Lines at One
Point on Lys Line.
FRENCH MOVE TOWARD HAM
That City Probably VIII Fall
Very Soon.
Allied Troops Push Eastward
North of Aisne.
FRENCH MOVE TOWARD HAM
That City Probably VIII Fall
Very Soon.
lRr the Associated Press.D

sept 0 (nOOn- )-oodlh VI eio ANA'N-
Scarpe a large portion of the German
line is being readjusted.
Southeast of Moeuvres several thou
sand yards of the old Hindenburg
front lines have been cleaned up and
now are in possession of the British.
British troops who yesterday crossed
the lower end of the Canal du Nord
and the Tortillo river, drove in to the
east and then to the north. They
pushed forward in the direction OF
that part of the canal where the enc
my is in strength after it turns to
east and then to the north again at
Havrincourt wood.
tBy the Associated Press.)
The British after their victorious
drive thru the Hindenburg defenses.
are knocking at the gates of Cambria
but apparently are momentarIly
pausing before attempting to force an
entrance Prisoners to the number
of more than $4,000 and guns exceed
ing 100 in number have been taken by
them in this advance. Meanwhile the
center of greatest activity has shifted
to the Franco-American front where
the Germans are in full retreat on a
wide front north of the Vesle with the
French and Americans in pursuit and
reported as having reached the Aisne
in their chase.
Between these two Sectors another
notable German retrograde movement
is in progress. The French pressure
in the region north and east of
Noyon has forced a German retire
ment on a wide front in this sector
and advances of five to seven miles
have been scored by the French forces
within the past 48 hours.
Ham Should Fall Soon.
The town of Guiscard has been cap
tured and the French have pressed
beyond until they are now but little
more than two miles from the import
ant road center of Ham. They are
approaching Ham on both sides of the
Somme and it's speedy fall seems
probable. The Germans here are ap-
parently heading back for the St
CLentin-La Fere line
Between the Ailette and the Aisne
the French also are gaining ground
They have crossed the Aisne at sew
eral points northeast of Scissors and
have taken the town of Missy-Sur-
Aisne on the north bank. where they
were already in possession of Buoy
Le-Long. Further north on this front
they have taken the towns of Braye
and Clamecy. The Franco-American
operation on the Vesle front has been
extended further eastward toward
Rheims and new CROSSINGS have been
effected on the 2 Il mile front between
Ventraux and Jonchery. seven miles
west of Rheims. In the north the
Germans are continuing to move back
ward along the Flanders front The
British are accelerating the retirement
by sharp attacks. in one of which they
captured the village of Ploegsteert
They have regained their April line on
the southern part of this front, from
Neuve Chapelle to Givenchy and have
even pushed beyond it in spots to the
eastward of Givenchy.
Cling to Mcssines.
The Germans are still clinging to the
Messines Ridge. the highest ground o1
this sector. but from the manner ir
which they are being forced hack fur
ther south, it seems doubtful if they
will be able to hold it much longer.
On the Douai-Cambrai front and
Immediately to the south. the enemy
gives signs of stiffeninG resistance but
nevertheless the British have moved
further ahead at various points. Their
most notable gain was southeast ot
Bertincourt. where they took addi-
tfonal ground east of the Canal Du
Nord and captured Neuville-B -Bour-
jorval.
The Germans made an effort to dis
lodge Field Marshal Haig's forces
from their position along the cana
east of Cambria. attacking at Inchy-
En-Artois. They were repulsed. how
ever. as they also were further south
in an attack east of Manancourt.
Berlin Admits Retreat
Berlin. Sept. 5.-Between Ypres and
=. La Bassee, in the Lvs salient. the Brit
ish yesterday pressed forward against
the new German lines. the German
war office announced TODAY. Be.
tween the SCrnme and the Disc rivers
the s'~t~-'~~t adds the C~r-~,a-z con-
tinued their movement out of the