Arizona republican., 1918-10-03

Again the Germans are in retreat on an important sector of the western battle front in France. The scene of the new retrograde movement is wide front north and south of Labassee canal.
 The continuation by the entente ai lied forces of their brilliant achieve ments in restoring Belgian Flanders and the expulsion of the enemy from further territory in France from tho region of Cambrai to Verdun, evidently has brought the Germans to the reali- zation that the great bend in the line from Menin to the cast of Arras' is likely to prove another such trap as was the St. Mihiel salient, unless they are fast enough of foot to move east ward, giving up Lille, Lens and Douat and straighten their line from the vii clnlty of Cambrai to Belgium. Ostend Severely Threatened On all the other six battle fronts from Belgian to Verdun, the entent. forces are keeping up their successful advances, although the Germans ev- eryWhere, except northwest of Reims, have materially stiffened their front ana are offering strong resistance to further inroads into their territory.
 In Belgium Flanders the wedge of the Belgian, British and French troops has penetrated still farther eastward and .southeastward from Dixmude. and only few miles more will be required by the allied troops to give them pdsi | tions by which Ostend, one of Ger manys sea bases, will be made unten able and, indeed. the entire North sea coast, now in German hands, put in jeopardy. British warShipS are violent " bombing the coast and the Germans | are reported to be moving their heavy guns eastward. fearful of their capture Many additional towns have been | captured by the allies in this region and numerous prisoners have been 1 taken. The important railroad june tion point of Roulers is all but in the | hands of the allies, while southward from Roulers the British have cut the Roulers-Menin railway at two places and are in the process of investing Menin.
 St. Quentin Fully Possessed
 The French are in full possession of
 St. Quentin and have passed on east ward. The entire Hindenburg system
 between St. Quentin and Le Catelet
 has been completely smashed by Field | Marshal Haig's forces, with whom the
 Americans are brigaded, and further ground has been won in the outskirts
 of Cambrai and north of that city At
 one point north of St. Quentin the
 British were forced to give up a vil-
 lage under heavy counter attack by fresh German troops. A band of
 Americans who had outdistanced their
 fellows in arms were surrounded on
 one sector by the Germans, but were
 released after two days, during which
 they killed many of the enemy who i sought to capture them.
 Huns Retreat to 1917 Line
 Northwest of Reims the St. Thierry Massif has been captured and north
 of the cathedral city, the environs of
 Betheny have been reported reached
 by the French. The Germans along
 this front are in retreat to their old
 1917 line and the French have reached
 the Aisne canal at several points. The French in Champagne and the |, Americans on their right have made ,, further gains against the Germans in 7 cleaning out Argonne forest and ,, pressing northward on both sides of this bastion.
 In Palestine the British have occu- pied Damascus and taken more than , 1000 Turks prisoner.