Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-30
FOE CONTINUES FL YING RETREAT
Associated Press Summary D. m.

Associated Press Summary D. m.
Moving forward With gpstsfnet pcvcvs
British armies ehst and soufhe.st ~
Aras appear 10 bsve crashed cie-~
through the Hfndenburz Fine. Dfsp,s>he-
received today seem To inficatc ffrut now
they have begun % roll ap" the fFcrrus0
forces on the front 10 which the cnrrTy is
retrenting along the whole picurfy front.
Buliecourt which vac on the Hfcf~r-
burg line. vac taken this 1O-rirz-
Hendocourt-fcx-Cau e auigrcvrt IN the north
east Of Buliecourt has alec fallen before
Field Marshal Hnig's men Srrtt -
Hendecourt and slightly 10 the esst Rf~u-
court has been captured by The advancing
British Fast of Arras astride fhe S>syp~,
further gains are reported.
British Capture Corlbiee rrt Ch~-y-
The Droront- oncar. Switch line" no-
is within striking dissrnce. Furftsev
south the British hsvc taken the village ~
/ ron1bles, where there was terrific fighting
during the German retirement year AGO
last March
! West Of PerorDe, the British have csp-
fured the town Of Clery and they aiao have
crossed the Sor,rne south Of Perorre.
Along the line further south, which -
! held by the British. the nighf passed with
/ oot change There were counter attacks
hy the Germans AGAINST General Man
! gins army between the Aikeste and the
Aisne. bpt they we've repuised by The
French. Who hold positions east % Pasay.
which ss less than two miles northwest oY
/ Soiasons.
Along the front from the Somme snnth
to the Noyon region and thence east to
the Ailette. a sertor which ~ vffSaiy i'm
Dortant, the enemy appears To have
! checked the French until he can ertricaie
his forces from the per,sous position IN the
salient between tbs somme and the Disc
Important GAn Near Arras-
Progress southeast Of Arras wouid seem
I TO be the most Ir5 portsnf feature OF the
/ news from the great battle Canadians, it
I appears. slowly are sdya ncing along the
! Arras-G Gambrai road and are widening the
/ gap in the famous line m winch the Ger
mans retired rs months ago
IL seems that any great 2ddrfsonai
British succession in This REGION may
shatler Gernany's hopes Of conducting
defensive campaign along this front 10
which, il is probable. the Germans now
ere hastily withdrawing
Associated Press Summary D. m
( Gerrnanvs hard pressed armies stlIl
waver before the attacks Of the Alies.
! In central Picardy from the Sonne north
1 eastward toward St. Quentin. large
/ numbers OF prisoners, many guns and
l much material are falling into the hands
Of the British.
Elsewhere, the apparently unt5rrng
British. French and american forces
are maintaining their pressure AGAINST
/ the enemy, who now has lost al nus
important bases west of the Hmdenourg
/ line except Peronne, Ham and Tergn,er-
)The British now are within two mles
/ OF Peronne on the southwest and the
I French are I'VE miles west Of ham
The important railroad Junction nt
| TergnIer is not threatened very seriously,
but the French crossing the AAeSte bodies
i'll
HAFG RsCAPTURsss GREENLAND.
On the extremitles OF the bsSde IH1e-
the Allies are moving ahead stoss1y
AGAINST desperate German resIssance-
North of the Scarpe the British have
rptaken Greenland hill and maintain their
other positions east Of the Hindenbtug
line against counter attacks The Ger
mans here evidently hope to prevent
the British from overrunnlng the Queant-
Drocourt line as they have the one TO the
vest. South of the Scarpe heaEy frZtIt-
ing is In progress in the region Of BCile-
court.
North of scissors. the Germans have
thrown in fresh troops 10 stop the advance
OF the French and Americans toward the
heights dominating the Chemn-des-
Danes, Allied possession OF which would
compel the enemy to withdraw from the
Vesle. The Allies have the more favor
able positions and have but one more
plateau to overcome to reach their
objective.
As the tall Of Royc compelled the
Germans to retire 70 the hne OF the
Somrne south Of Peronne, the capture Of
Bapaume BY the British made It necessary
for the enemy to retreat north OF the
Somme Where the enemy viii attempt
70 make stand here - problemaucai,
but his best line would seem TO be that
Of the canal du Nord, which runs north
east from Peronne. The canal curves
east FIVE miles east Of Bapaume and crosses
tire old Hindenburg hne near Havrin-
coGrt, seven miles east Of Bapaume.
NAY THY TO STAND on cANAL.
The Canal du Nord extends across the
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