The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-10-01
SUBMARINE BASES
ARE THR ATENED.
BY BEL GIAN GAIN.
Capture Of Roulers IS Filed With Drama.
fic Possibilities; Allies MANNER Hun
Successfully AfManY Points Of
fes Western Front -. ." :


Important positions made by the Beeans and the
ond British Army open some intensely dramatic possibilities
among which i the loss 70 Germany grip upon Belgian chan
mel ports submarine bases Last nights oa report from
London said the advance progressing voaby At other points
along the western front extending clear 70 the Mese where the
heavy sighting Neither St Quentin Cambrai
night but the city enmeshed in
further gains and French offensive launched between
the Vese and the Ane the sector that formerly held by AM
ecans before they were withdrawn participate the
american offensive This fighting the forces
involved high into the hundreds Of thousands and probably
SRouLERs is CAPTURED
Rouer whcthe Belgian forces dominated Sunday night
re M ridge e hs fell e he Begans Yesterday afternoon
arne bases The advance has already proceeded to fifteen miles
sapaas sti a ne Bssshs and tSs British
severely defeated erans The Flanders Ridge and the Mes
snes Wyschaee Ridge occupied but the Germans succeeded
in checking their efforts advance from these the River s
On Saturday these Allied forces captured 1000 prisoners 200 heavy
guns and large stores of material ~.
This Belgian thrust has enveoped The noherly flank the
enemy the Lille Rbaix- Tourcoing triangle.
After heavy fighting before Cambria the British last night
the outskirts the northeast north and southwest of the
city and hand to-hand fighting still in progress.
FIERCE COUNTER ATTACKS
In the St Quentin Cambria the British
advance
by the forced the British back the
skirts Of VeGouslain and ground southwest of lie Ca
let to the edge OF the village Benay but these losses only
and the later fighting the ground recovered and
further gains made by the British General lIags
smashed the Ilndnburg line depth miles eight
mile front In this fighting the British Australian and American
forces participating During Sunday night pressed forward
between Bcourt and Gonneu the face of oppo
Further counters frequent this during the
day but the Allies added Thorigny three miles northeast of St
Quentin and Leonquoy five miles northeast Of ST. Quentin their
gains At Gonnelieu many prisoners taken.
III the Doua further north the British have withdrawn
from Arleux and Observation-Disclosures.
FRENCH GAIN ON RIDGE
At Chemn des Danes Ridge the French hold than
half the heights where few months the blood thousands
and Of thousands OF Germans shed maed attack
hurled against the French The
easy capure of by the French striking those
immense losses 1t apparent that the enemy full
ment from these positions.
In the Veses Ane sector formerly occupied
who have been joined General Pershngs army
French launched attack yesterday morning which progressed
through the day along sevn-m front that the
front through ROmagne Montgny onchey
POCKETING THE HUN
In the Champagne important gains by the
French the of Argonne Forest and the Americans
has both sides Of the
and almost make the pocketng all
in the forest.
In this General Gourauds attacked
slopes of Bellevue heights having taken the southern slopes
day. their attacks directed Mont Couve
They captured the heights dominating the village of Mare This
French advance resumed daylight yesterday morning.
East Of the forest the advance exceleny
and villages falling their hands This
of the Allied forces has left the Valley
from the forest for the Germans within
American artillery sheling back the Mihie
with the intent OF preventing the despatch
the ives in the Argonne or Champagne