The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02
Cut 2-MiIe Gap in DrOcOurt-
Queant Defenses.
Widening of Breach Would
Mean Disaster.
REACH LYS EAST OF ESTAlRES
Nearly Half of Flanders Salient
Now Gone.
Americans Fight With British
in That Sector.
FRENCH MOVE TOWARD LAON
Americans Also Play PrOml'
nent Part There.
No Letup to Sledge Hammer
Blows of Allies.

Canadian Headquarters in
France, Sept. 2.-Canad1an
troops attacked this morning
astride the Arras-Cambrai road
on a front of five miles and
broke thru the Drocourt-Queant
switch line on front of two
miles.
The Canadians are reported
to be in Dury and also to have
reached the western edge OF
Cagnicourt. Considerable
fighting is taking place on the
high ground between Dury and
Etaing. A large number of
Germans have been taken prls-
oner.
Reach Cagnicourt
London, Sept. q p. m. 1.-The Brit
ish have penetrated the vitality I'M
portant Drocourt-Queants switch OF the
Hindenburg line, according to reports
from the battle front this AFTERNOON
They have reached the western egoe
of Cagnicourt, about two miles nortn-
east of Queant.
taken in this forward push against
extremely stubborn enemy resistance.
The Germans had seven DIVISIONS 10
rnassed on a front of five miles IN TINS
area. NJ.
The Drocout-Queanl nno ~
.,-1asbed thru by the Canadians on a
+wo-rniIe front. Field Marshal Ha1g s
men are reported to be in Dury ana
heavy fighting is progressing IN IaFor
CT the British.
The landing of the Drocourt-Queant
Rn-ODerat6d.
considered of enormous importance II
the British can maintain their gains.
Verv heavy fighting is expected but IT
will be open fighting and considered
likely to be costly to the enemy
Hasten Retreat.
Paris. Sept. 2.-Entente allled arr
plane observers report that German
convovs are moving to the eastward
in the region of Roisel and beyond
that town. Roisel is about seven miles
cast of <Peronne. The Germans are
said to be rapidly removing thelr
stores or blowing them up
London, Sept. Am attack was
launched this morning by Canadian
and English troops in the important
sector south of the Scarpe, in the Ar
ras region. The war office in Its an
nouncement this morning reported
that good progress was being made.
To the northwest of Queant the viii
lage of RiencOurt-L rt-Lez-CaSnlcourt anu
the German positions south of that VII
Iage were captured last night by the
British, together with. several hundred
prisoners
Southeast of Bapaume the British
have drawn nearer to the village OF
LIE Transloy and on the line between
Bapaume and the Scarpe further
advance has been made toward
Noreuil
British troops last night captured
the villages of Saillisel and Sally
Saillisel. on the line north of Peronne
On the Flanders front the British
have advanced as far as the Lys river
cast of Estaires, while further north
east in the direction of Ypres, the vii
lage of Neuve-Eglise has been cap
tured.
The Vital Front.
London. Sept. 2.-The core of the
whole battle now is between the
here that the Germans are reall,
fighting according to the Daily Mai
correspondent at British headquarter,
in France. In this sector the Ger.
mans, says the correspondent, are
fighting well to keep the allies of
their great line of defense that wind.
along the most favorab Bile ridges from
st. Quentin to Drocourt.
Take LIE Trans1oy.
London, Sept. 2 t1:0O p. m.)-Le
Transloy the important point on tn,
line between Bapaume and Peronn,
where the Germans have been hold
ing stubbornly. is considered by tn,
British today as virtually in thei
hands. They have captured the vii
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