El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-01

fighting armies and chilled them 10
the bone -
on the important Flanders field, the
BeIEians and British not only gained
f7r+he- Ground. but beat down com-
plereIv the desperate counter attacks
Of the Germans, who were striving 10
eliminate the allied menace TO the Ter
ritorv thew held between ROulers and
Ostend-
Berlin. Germany, oct Iva Lon
dom THE official statement issued
last night at the war office reads
sixteen divisions were led by the
enemy i'm the fight against Cambral
and on both sides Of town In lnelI
effort to break through our Irohl
there. strong enemy attacks were re-
Deated eight times north OF Cambria
These attacks broke down before our
lines near Sancourt and were broken
bv successful counter attacks at TIL
In the suburbs Of Cambria. at Neu-
willie and Cantimpre, the enemy Eainea
q footing We are standing mere on
fra western outskirts Of the town
behind the Scheldt river and are re
puIsine violent enemy attacks, Wnlcn
are being renewed. Attacks by the
enemy on the canal sector, north Of
sIarcoiuE. collapsed before our lines
This also was the result along the
W.. g a
TeutOns Forced Back.
South OF MarcOing. the enemy
forced US back behind the canal sector
from Hasnieres to Crevecoeur- win
equal energy he attacked our 'front.'
from Councillor to south OF Belliu-
gise. Between Gonnelieu and Belli-
court we drove back frequently re-
1eated enemy assaults Nillers GUS
iain which was los. for q time was
retaken- Local breaks in our position
were cleared by the enemy by counter
attacks. Divisions fighting heavily
on the front near Councillor and VIZ
Iers-Guislain. drove back with their
reserve battalions in a determined
counter attack the enemy coming
from the direction OF Marcoing-
Between BelIicourt and Beuengise.
the enemy thrust forward over the
canal We brought him 10 standsIlll
in the evening on che line formed oy
the northern border OF Bellicourt and
the western border OF Joncourt and
lie Hacourt- Detachments north OF
Gricourt which had warded off all at
tacks had TO withdraw their wing 20
lie Hacourt in the ovenins-
sIn the great successful con-
cIusion Of Sundays heavy fight
ing. troops OF every German race
took an equal part.
The British bought their local sue
I cesses with heavy and sanguinary
losses
Armies OF the crown prince and
Gen Won Gallwitz-The enemy forced
his way toward our new lines on the
Oise-Aisne canal We took prisoners
here in successful rOrefield fighting
Between the Suippe and the Aisne
the French continued their bitter at
tacks The enemy Sunday brought
several new divisions into the fight
Repulse sRepeated Attacks"
r1-H nj q fa-Hn
we repulsed often repeated attacks,
and northwest OF Somme-Py we
stopped assaults which were repeated
nine times Further east. Manere and
Ardeuile remained fin the enemy's
hands. The evening after the repulse
Of the enemy we stood on the line
north OF ArdeuiI north OF Sechault and
Boucouville.
sAmeriean forces also stormed
with special force against the
eastern border OF ArEonne wood
and against our front between the
wood and the Meuse- Their assault
completely collapsed
~On both sides of the Are valley
we took from the enemy Apremont
and the wood OF 3Iontrebau and threw
the Americans back more than a kilom-
eter.
we shot down As enemy airplanes
Sunday"
supplemental Statement.
In Flanders the day was generally
quieter.
A supplemental statement. issued by
the war office late last night. reads;
In the evening, engagements de-
veloped west Of lie Catelet. In the
Champagne. French partial attacks
were repulsed. as were attacks by
Americans. east OF the ArEonne for
est"