The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-30
FOCR'S ARMIES CONTINUE
GREAT GAINS IN west
ag Gets 1000 More Prisoners and 40 Guns North of ST. Quentin
British Have Also Penetrated the Outskirts of
Cambria.

lent attacks from near the sea in Bel
GUM to the region OF Verdun, the Bel
gian. British, American and French
troops are fast driving weuges into
the enemy line forcing him to retreat
or defeating him in sanguinary bat
ties. No rest is being accorded the
Germans and apparently their front
Is fast going to pieces under the i'm
petus OF the allied blows
IN Belgium. between Dixmude and
Ypres, King Albert's men have pres
sed back the German front from four
to five miles and taken 5000 prisoners.
Ground that the enemy had held since
the invasion of Belgium in 1914 has
been restored to Belgian ownership
through the efforts of the mixed Bel
gian and British forces (The cap
nve OF Dixmude by the Belgians was
announced last night)
TO the south, from the region east
Of Arras to St Quentin the British
with the Americans fighting on their
right, everywhere have penetrated
The German defenses over the 35-mile
front Desperate resistance was Of
tered by the Germans, but the allied
troops refused 10 be denied and swept
through the remaining portions Of the
Hmdenburg line. and are standing ac-
cording to the latest reports. virtually
on the doorstep of Cambria More
than 10000 prisoners have been taken
IN this region since Friday.
under the efforts OF the British,
Americans and French, the Germans
have been cleared out Of the entire de-
partment of the Somme. and part OF
the department of the Ardennes now
Is in French hands for the first time
since 1914
In unison with the attacks to the
ncrth the French along the battle
front north and northeast Of scissors
have delivered fresh attacks, under
which the Germans are in retreat
north on the Aisne toward the Ailette,
indicating that the enemy line soon
must be readjusted eastward at least
as far as Rheims, il not further. The
French now are on the banks of the
Ailctte river at The western end of
The Chemin des Danes, making it ap-
parent that this strong defense line
soon must be passed by in retreat
aorthward.
In Champagne and northwest of
Vcrdun the Germans have sensed to
The full the seriousness OF the gitua-
ton facing them where further ad-
vances by the French and the Ameri-
cans OF necessity will compel the re-
adjustment of the line from the north
10 the Swiss frontier Large numbers
of renforcements have been thrown
lrto the battle in Champagne to halt
the advance of the French toward the
important junction town OF Nouziers,
but nevertheless Gen. Gouraud's mon
have pressed forward northward from
the region east of Rheims to the north
ern fringe of the Argonne forest, TAX
iug many positions of the highest
strategic value,
Meantime the Americans also have
advanced their front capturing Bruiel
cG-sur-Meu8e and Romagne, and at
last accounts were progressing favor
ably nOrthward along the Meusc val
ley and to the east of the Argonne
forest. the turning of which by the
combined forces of Gen. GOuraud and
Gen. Liggett seems probable within a
short time
The Bulgarian delegates who are
, eGdeavoring to arrive at terms will
the allied forces under which Bulgar
"a will quit the war have arrived il
Salonica, bat the Italian, French
Greek. Servian and British armies are
keeping mp their drive across south
ern Servia and into Bulgaria. Krus
! hevo, the Bulgarian base 20 miles
north Of Monastr. has been captured
! by the Italians in front of whom tn,
Bulgurians are in rapid retreat Th'
, Servans took the important mountain
of Plachkovtsa, south of Kochana
= while TO The east the British an'
Greek forces have taken further ter
+ ri,ory from the enemy in the regiol
OF Lake Doran and across the borde
d in Bulgaria.
e In Palestine the victory over tn
,. Turks is all but complete Frida,
e night Gen. Allenby had counted 80
OJO prisoners and 800 guns
O The losses of the Teutonic allies o
r the western front since the allied o
fensye began July is have been 200
q 600 men made prisoner and 5000 guns
r 10000 machine guns and enormou
r. Quantitice of material captured