Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-28
BRITISH

Sept 2S.-Our attack yesterday on
the Cambria front was pressed without
relaxation until late hour. Further
progress was made in the evening,
more especially on the northern por-
ton of the battle front. and addl-
tional prisoners and guns were cap
tured.
Troops Of the 9Th and 18th Corps
continued to make good progress on
tie front between Flesquieres ridge
and Bourbon Heights. The Canadian
division, passing beyond Haynecourt,
reached the Douai-Cambrai road at
|nightfall.
The 18th Division. passing through
the Canadians. pushed rap 9Sny t t1o
miles, capturing Epinoy and Otsy-ie-
veerger. At the same time the 56tn
Division, pressing northward along
the canal, captured over 500 prisoners
in the defenses northeast OF saochy-
These operations have since been
materially helped by the admirable
work Of the engineers. Less than
four hours from the opening of the
assault, in spite of hostile shellhre,
they successfully threw across the
Canal du Nord a number s OF bridges ts,,s
permitting our advance to be contin-
ued without check.
The operations are progressing sat
isfactorily this morning along the
whole battle front.
Over 10000 prisoners and more than
Operations by the I'd British Army
in Flanders were commenced this
morning in conjunction with the Bel
gfan army. They will be reported in
the Belgian communique.
September 27.-Portions of our first
and third armies, under the command,
respectively, of Gems. Sir Henry Horne
and Sir Julian Byng, attacked this
morning before dawn on wide front
in the general direction of Cambria.
Notwithstanding the great strength
of the enemy's positions. especially in
the northern sector Ct OF the e.a attack tack,
ground sloping toward the enemy rem
dered our advance most difficult. all
our detectives have been reached.
Farther north tho 9Th Division cap
tured Beaucamp and combining with
Lancashire men Of the 42d Division.
have cleared Beaucamp ridge. which
runs northeastward toward Marching.
on the right center guards and the
ad Division of the 9Th Corps under
Gen, Haldane. breaking through the
enemy's defenses east OF Havrincourt,
carried the village Of F1esouieres and
gained possession Of a long spur
laKe toward MARCHING.
On their left Scottish and naval
units Of the 18th Corps. having storm
ed the line Of the Canal du Nord east
and southeast Of Moeuvres. were at
court. Outfianking this village from
the north, they seized Anneux and
carried forward the whole front of
the corps.
On our extreme right American de-
tachments captured series of
trenches and fortified farms forming
the outer defenses Of the main Hin
denburg system southwest of LIE Cate
let.
The village of Graincourt was cap
tured and the advance continued to
Cantaing and Fontaine Notre Dame.
In the left center the Canadian corps.
the LIST, Sd and 4th Divisions. forced
a passage Of the Canal du Nord and
captured the villages Of Sains-les-
Marouion and Bourbon with the
wooded heights Of Bourbon hill
Substantial progress has been made
Our deep advance astride the Arras-
cambrai road was greatly assisted by
the close cooperation of the I'D
Corps under Gen. Cooley. south and
north Of the Sensee and Scarpe
rivers.
The o0In lSOuuoA AlSASAoH ~ $500
CORPS crossed the Canal Gu Nord and.
attacking northward. has captured
Sauchy. Iestree and Sauchy Caucy.
North Of tho Scarpe. on tho extreme
left english and Scottish troops COM
Melted the capture of Arleux-en-
GocheIle and the German trench sys-
tenn in the vicinity Of that village:
perfect cooperation between the
commanders Of neighboring units and
formations between infantry. artfl-
1ery. tanks and aircraft. together
with the gallantry and resource OF
all the ranks. has again enabled US
tiveiv small cost. Several thousand
prisoners and many guns have been
tviation-In conjunction with the
rranco-American operations Thurs
day our machines in the afternoon at
lacked the. railways of Metz-Sablons
and Audun-Le Roman with good re-
suits. Large numbers OF enemy air
planes were encountered and bitter
Two enemy machines were destroy
ed and one was sent down out Of con-
troll. Six of ours failed to return.
On the night Of Thursday in heavy
attacks on the Metz-Sablons region
many direct hits were observed. The
railways Of Mezieres and Thionville
and the Frescatf airdrome were at
tackled. There were several direct
hits on the Thionville station and
FRENCH.
September Give broke the enemy
resistance on the whole battle front
On tho right we advanced our line