Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-10-09
CAMBRIA FALLS TO HAIG


QUO ,in-Camara area, tn Cvrmans are
rcpor t. q av repaired efenseS
until Ii ne iiately cast Of the from
tier is rcac ed East of this line, which
woul ri through Val ncienncs, the
Germans ave he line OF tn Meuse.
In captnril tanbrai and breaking
through &C, 'rman def nscs to the south.
the British and Americans took more han
5000 prisoners an large quantity OF
guns. y ar Fremont the Americans
"a turcd IN entire German artillery posi-
ton oi ere batteries.
II y SUPPLY line CUT.
Bgfor the advancing Anglican n an
I line, lie the railway functions of La Cateau,
Bohain GuiSc and Caudry. II the north
an south railways are ut, German com
munication between the Laon mass and
The Lille salient vii! bc lost
Field Marshal lIaig has driven INTO
, The German lines, gigantic salient ased
Ca raj This 81 tent Is great menace
/ t, IN Lille and laon positions. The
| French and Americans on the east and
, the British and Americans on the orth
rapidly are outhanklng the Ilaon massii
! German resistance is Stiienng along
| tho front cast Of Rheims but not sufficient
| Ia stop the forward movement OF General
| Gouraud and Berthalot The Franco
| American positions in Champagne and
! the trgonne To the Ncuse have cen
| improved bv the rcnch and American
! thrust east of the NIrusr The advance
| there frees the troops west of the Mouse
| from the menace Of German artillery
/ north Of Ncrdun. I'm the operations ON
/ these sectors Tuesday. The American
| troops took 5000 prisoners and number
! of guns Along the Arncs tho French
Yesterday took six hundred prisoners
! 4. Z. Summary =. Nj.
There is cvr, reason 10 believe that the
great offensive OF the allied armies III
| France has reached q climax. and that
| the next few DAYS may witness events
! which will mark tho epoch IN the history
/ az the war On a front extending nom
Roulers. on the north. To Ncrdun, far
/ down toward the other end ct the battle
hnc. the Germans arr being battered by
successive blows and IN some Of these
sectors they seem 10 Inc IN very serious
! position
| British and American forces struck
I hIov south Of Cambria Yesterday that
apparently shattered what remained OF
the great enemy defensive system IN that
! region. Over "a twenty mile front the alics
stormcd ahead and ~ nighttall appeared
ID bc out in the open country and moving
| toward the amhrai-lr-C steau road which
| Is the ONLY avenue Of escape for the tsCT-
/ mans still in Cambria. IL now appears
| that the enemy must retreat huructiN
from the. Camhrai Tpnon an hat hls
rrtipment will involve the front far 10
the norihward
I Farther south tho French advanced So
hat their front IS virtually IN hne with
| that of the British and Americans THIS
advance. taken in connection with the
urogrrsS of General berthrlnts army
along tho Alsne, north az Rheims APP
s.arrnflv placsz> the I.aon Salrn' within
4 thr javs Of pair of pnCcrS. which
K SLOWLY arr closing General 8crthclot has
\ not only put I.aon in q pocket but hls
advance along the Alsnc il most mcn-
acing a. the Germans farther cast
General Gouraud : armies are forcing
he enemy 10 rctirc SLOWLY north of tho
Arncs nvrr HEAVY machine guns fire has
I retarded the allied advance there
Americans ~ company with the French
\ struck the German lines east of the Mcuse
river north of Ncriun and carried thr
| Villages Of Charnv, Rrambant, Haumont,
! Conscnvovc and beaumont This attack
| was carried on with such force that the
obJectlves assigned for The troops soon
were reached
AZ last reports the Germans were bcing
driven slowly back
The American progress along tho cast :
crn edge OF the Argonnc forest has forNd
/ the Germans into narrow ~tup oi the
forest. from which il srcrns hiS egrcSS is
pretty we'll barred
Dispatches from Bcrnc say the Turk
( sh cabinet has resigned and there Is
great excitement in ConStant,noplc This
/ NAV be an indication 81 the csrly with
/ drawal OF Turkey from The war tlhed
/ forces operating III the region Of Damascus
have captureu many prisoners and
valuable booty