Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-28
Cambria Is About To FallEHaig Men Are Within Three
Miles OF City-French Move East Near The
Aisne River
$4,000 Prisoners Taken By British French And Amer
cans In Last Three Days-Battling Near Verdun
IsFavorable.
(By the Associated Press }

Marshal Foch is putting the Germans the western
front to the of the On four important
sectors from Verdun to the North Allied troops
fighting their way into and beyond the Hindenburg line
Smashing attacks being delivered by the British
before Cambrai by the French the Asne and by
the French and Americans in Champagne and the
On all fronts the Allied soldiers meeting with
Cambria twchld appear is about to fall The British
having captured the important height Of Bourbon wood,
are reported beyond FontaineNotre Dame and Sally,
within and threequarter miles of Cambria. The
ace to Cambria is greater than at the height of General
Byngs stroke of last November The attacking troops hold
longer front Immediately the while to the north
they pressing onward terrain hitherto untouched
by fighting Southwest of Cambria the British fighting
toward thesimportant Scaedt canal at Cantaing ~
Field MafshaEHaigs thrust north of Cambria already
progressed more than three miles The British have
the high road between Cambria and Douai and have the
railroad between the two cities dominated by their guns.
The fall Of Cambria military observers believe, would
suit general withdrawal from Douai and ST. Quentin
which possibly would lead to retirement the French
border sfl
On the north the Belgian and British armies are fight
ing through the Hindenburg defense front of
than ten miles from Ypres to north Of Dixnude At
points the attack began Saturday morning, already has
resulted in advance of than and onehaf miles,
The Allied troops have penetrated important positions of
the Houtholst Forest German possession of which had
stayed previous attempts to advance south of the Belgian
coast This operation apparently is directed toward the
German submarine bases in Belgium and the outanking
|of the bastion of Lille.
French troops fighting forward up the slopes to-
ward the Cheln des Danes They have gained further
SOutn or MalrnalSOn and nave taken
porant points of Jouy and Aizy and the ravne between
The FrancoAmerican drive west and east of the Ar
gonne to the Meuse continues successfully today,
The French have moved their line forward west of
Agonne forest and captured important positions their
western flank East of the Argonne the Germans fight
ing desperately to hold the Brunhlde position but the
Americans progressing at several points.
In the last three days the British French and Amer
have taken than $4,000 prisoners In their Cam
bra drive the British have captured 10000, while the
FrancoAmercans have increased their total to than
6OOO The Begians and British are reported to have
tured 900 Germans
Serbian and other Allied forces in Macedonia are
pressing vigorously the pursuit Of the disorganzed Ger
and Bulgarans The Serbans have taken Vees with
Its garrison and moving up the Vardar toward the
great enemy base of Uskb Is miles northwest From Ish
the Sebians marching toward the Bulgarian border
and have passed of Kochana IA miles from the from
tier ss
In Northern Russia and far off eastern Siberia the Al
lies also successfully pursuing their advances South
Archangd American and other troops have advanced
than fifty miles and American troops have taken several
villages along the Dvina river Northwest Of Vadyostok
japanese cavalry have taken Zeyaprstan the Zcya