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No. 27,159. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1918?TWENTY PAGES. " TWO CENTS. Saturday's Net Circulation, 91,413 Sunday's Net Circulation, 76.393 of the Associated Press An k tulalrty tatMM U republication af ill aawa llwWn to ft or not otherwlM credited la thla paper and ilw the local news pobUahed herela. All lifhta of publication af special dispatches herein are also marred. HOLIDAY IN LABOR'S F Sporting Events and Various Neighborhood Programs Offer Diversion. FAMILIES ON OUTINGS TO NEARBY RESORTS Hundreds of Local Union Members Join Baltimore Workers in Observance. With family outings to nearby parks and resorts taking the place of public celebrations, Washington is ob serving labor's national holiday as a period of rest from the rush of war activities in which the National Cap ital has been enveloped. Because of the lack of interest in everything except the winning of the war the Central Labor Union, which represents organized labor in the District, planned no special observ ance. Hundreds of local trade union ists are in Baltimore, spending the rlay with organized workers of that city in Monumental Park. The principal attraction this morn ing was the ball game between Wash ington and Philadelphia. A second bail game and automobile races at Kenning at 2:J0 o'clock will be the big events of the afternoon. Neighborhood Gatherings. There are several all-day neighbor hood celebrations in progress, includ ? lng the following: Field day for the employes of the Washington Steel and Ordnance Com pany la Randle Park. Congress Heights, featured by athletic events and dancing this evening. Autumn carnival of the Ladles' Co operative Improvement Society of Sil ver Spring. Md., being held on the rrounds of Senator Blair Lee, near the intersection of Georcla avenue and (he District line. The carnival will continue until Wednesday. Annual tournament and ball at St. lunatiux Church, Oxon Hill, beyond Congress Heights, featured by tourna ment riding. Annual picnic for the benefit of the Good Hope Orphans' Home, under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society. An entertainment Including trained animals from the Kockvllle fair is being given at the Y. W. C. A. Country Club. 3901 Wisconsin avenue. Carnival at Mount Rainier. Md., with soldiers from Walter Reed Hos pital as guests. Secretary Wilson's Message. Secretary Wilson of the Labor De partment, In a message to the work ing men and women of America, said. In part: 'XTpon this day, of all days, we must consider seriously the problem before us at home. We must maintain our armies in the field at the top-notch ! ghting strength, and we must supply the needs of our allies and thje starv ing people of Belgium. 'This is a day on which labor must consecrate itself to a great task? the task of winning the war. For this tremendous duty half-way measures will not suffice. There must be abso lute loyalty and devotion to the na tion's cause?these, I believe, our peo ple have already shown beyond a <luestion. But. more than this, there must be a clear understanding of the great need and a new determination to gratify it." Director General McAdoo Issued an order that railroad employes be per mitted to participate in celebrations of the day where essential operations would not be hampered. Director General Schwab of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, in a cablegram to the American troops In France, gave those forces assurances that everything possible was being done by that Industry. President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, now abroad. In a message to the American people pledg ?d the fullest support of organized labor to the cause of the republic. MOB BURNS TROLLEY CAR. Follows Throwing of Bottle and Shooting of Man by Deputy. GIRARD, Ala., September 2.?An in furiated crowd, estimated at about 250 persons, seised a trolley car of the Columbus Railway Company, carried it 300 yards beyond the 14th street bridge and burned it. i This action was precipitated when, as the car reached Glrard, some one burled an empty soda water bottle Into It, which drew the promiscuous tire of a deputy sheriff, who was rid ing on the car. one of the bullets from his run striking Paul Golden. t wenty-two years old. in the Jaw and inflicting a serious wound. The fact that strike breakers had been employed on the trolley line for ?ome time was a further contributing <-ause. The people of the town are .-aid to be wholly in sympathy with ? he striking car men, who. however, had returned to work pending an ad justment of their difficulties by the War Labor Board. GATHER FOR BIO SHOOT. Service Men and Civilians to Com pete at Camp Perry. GAXfP PERRY, Ohio, September S.? Several hundred men from all parts ?t the United States have arrived here and wars assigned to camps for the ltlt national rifle championship matches at ths government small anas firing school. Bxpert united States Kavy riflemen nadsr the eonunand of Lieut. Col. W. C. Harllee, United States Marine Corps: Lieut. E. A. Harrington and Enslrn Gllmore were the first ar rival*. Men from all branches of the United States military and naval serv ices and civilians will participate In the matches. The vanguard of crack shots of the Navy came into camp from the United States rifle range at Glen Burnie. Md. Teams from thirteen naval ranges In the eastern and middle parts of the ?ountry will be here by noon tomor row to wind up a course of training In the preliminary team practice pre ceding the national matches. Gen. F. H. Phillips of Washington 'secretary of the National Rifle As ?ociation. arrived today and will re i- aiu as a member of the staff during WILL BE SOLDIERS 1IMLEGE Matriculating 18-Year-0lds to Get Private's Pay and Subsistence. ALL HAVE SAME CHANCE BY DAVID LAWBESCB. (Copyright, 1918. by the New York Ereaiaf , w- p0?t Company.) Senators sometimes make mistakes , ?often unintentionally. So Senator Wadsworth of New York, although a member of the Senate committee on military affairs, is to be forgiven for disputing the statement that all boys 1 of eighteen who can pass the en trance requirements can go to any I of the colleges, large or small, in the east or west, and get instruction and ' subsistence at the expense of the gov ernment. Several other republican senators at first declared in debate that this was not true. Even If It was, they condemned It as the act of "a pater nal government," which was trying to I offset "some of the hardships of the , new draft." i Fortunately it Is true that tte I same democratic spirit which insplred ; the government of the United Sta I to adopt a better system of i"suran" ' for its soldiers and sailors than any other belligerent is behind tbe des're l of President Wilson and Secretary Raker to see to it that as many of the i eighteen-year-old boys of the country as have educational preparation su - ficient to make them eligible for col lege shall have the opportunity to go to higher institutions and there pre pare themselves to enter the war the most helpful way. Circular Tells of Plan. On the very day that Senator Wads worth was making his speech saying it could not be true that the War De partment had a plan to educate the elehteen-year-old boys before they were called to the colors college Presi dents throughout the country were receiving copies of a circular letter sent out two days before by the gen eral staff of the-United States Army ? and signed by Col. Robert I. Kees, i U S. A? giving details of the scheme. I tn that letter Col. Rees said. ' "All young men who were planning 1 to go to school this fall should carry I out their plans to do so Each shoukl go to the college of his choice, ma 1 triculate and enter as aW" stu dent. As soon as possible after reg 1 istration day. probably on or about October 1, opportunity will be given ; f0r an the regularly enrolled students : to be inducted into the Students Army Training Corps at the schools where thev are in attendance. , , "The student by voluntary induc tion becomes a soldier in thi United States Army, uniformed, subject to military discipline and Y;11*1 ? * of a private. They will simultane ously be placed on full active duty and contracts will be made as soon as possible with the college!i for the housing, subsistence and instruction of the student soldiers." No Exceptions Are Made. There are no exceptions or dlscrlm 1 inations as some of the senators ! thought must be. The same rule ap t plies to all boys of eighteen who are well enough educated to pass the en trance requirements of th- colleges and universities. There are enough institutions to accommodate them ..11. BOYS who could not pass the entrance requirements to colleges and who ha\e on'v grammar school education ?will have opportunity to apply for a<|,mis i mission to vocational schools. There Wy not be enough of such technical schools, but it has been suggested that the overflow might be taken care of in industrial establishments under the supervision of instructors select ed and paid for by the government. But as far as the colleges are con cerned all boys of eighteen who are ready for college will be embraced under the new plan. Th?y will be sol diers on active duty, and will be called to military service at camp when the I oth?r eighteen-year-old boys are sum j moned. which is expected to be after I those between nineteen and thirty-six | hCertaS>n Exceptions will be ma<J? I the case of technical and scientific I Students who will be assigned for i longer periods for Intensive study In 1 specialized fields. To determine who : fhose students shall be the opinion of ; the college instructors as expressed in their examination marks will be t-xken into consideration by the mili tary commander at the different col leges. But the final decision rests with the military commander. as these'Btu like the others, will be soldiers fn every sense of the word wearing the uniform of privates and obeying military discipline. The Students a miv Training Corps will Mdeed be a nJrtJof the Army just the same as the I Sf/dical Corps 'or the Quartermaster j Corns or any other corps. Called "Paternalistic Act." This plan has beero In evolution for many months. Yet when a published i article about It was read in the Senate on Friday some of the sena I tors acted as if they had never 1 heard of it before. They promptly ' ascribed It to the democratic admlnls : tration as a "paternalistic aot, and Senator Wadsworth thought he saw politics In It. _!?>, Had he but been in touch with what has been going on in the col leges and the War Department for the last six weeks, at least, he would have known that the plan was mapped out by the leading educators of the i country?republicans as weU as dem ocrats In co-operation with high officers of the United States Amy. 1 who presumedly, are not thinking I about politics, but the best way to ' get good officers so that the war ! can be won. But senators are busy nowadays ! and cannot keep np with everything I itoing on in Washington, and the I New York senator Just didn't know i about it, that's all. Another sena tor made the error of misquoting I during the debate the published arti I cle in question, which specifically Mid "the War Department has Just ajcreed to enter into contracts with upward Of 400 universities Mid col leges" to pay the tuition and board of those who will have become mem bers of the Students' Army Training ' Corps after October 1. Gets Meaning Transposed. The senator in question, although he must have heard that sentence read from the clerks desk, transposed It to read that "the War Department has al Hady contracted with 400 ^durational , institutions for this service. ' Several senators wanted to know by what *u : ihority it had been done. It hadn't been done at all. No one wJd it had been. The War Department had. however, to save time, sent out blank contract forms. Md scores of college presidents, with whom the plan had been taken up In formally. were assured of the govern lUooUaued oa Fourtto Page.) ?4 LOOK FOR ALLIED VMM 1919 ?????* JVIilitary Experts in U. S. Be lieve German Withdrawal Will Become Rout. CONSIDER ALL ANGLES To military experts on this side of the water the European war situation presents at this time features which may be described as actual conditions, possibilities and forecasted probabil ities; and, for the ultimate future, reasonable expectancy of a military I decision in favor of the allies within j the year 1919. The actual conditions are that the Germans are suffering a defeat which ! has attained somewhat the nature of a rout. Defeat, because they were de ! prived of their objectives, Paris and the channel ports; while their withdrawal, orderly at first, is rapidly degenerat ing Into a scramble for safety, with heavy losses in men and supplies. May Get Close to Frontier. The possibilities are that the ad vance of the allies may push the Germans far back of the Hindenburg line to a new line of defense, which may even be close to the frontier. This outcome is classed as being pos sible, although it has many elements of uncertainty. ....... _ The forecasted probabilities are that while the United States is pre paring to throw its full man power into the scale of battle, the Germans may attempt a "negotiated peace in their own interest, this, of course, to i be guarded against by the allies. The reasonable expectancy of a military decision in favor of the allies in 1919 is based upon careful calculation of the military authorities in all the allied countries, taklnginto consideration every element or mili tary *value?superior man power, munitions, morale, food and trans portation. Figure on German Stand. Passing over one phase of the situa tion, the condition of defeat suffered by the Germans, for that is water gone over the wheel, interest centers in the possibilities of the Germans being driven to the frontier before the winter 1 suspension of active mevements sets in i All military authorities agree that the i Germans will take a stand for the wm ! ter far back, but the exact delimitation will depend upon the fortunes of war Tor the next two or three weeks. The allies are maintaining their pres sure and the enemy is yieMing from day to day. How long will he continue I to fall back and how much additional force has Koch at hand to Keep up "je drive? These are questions which win have to be answered on the battlefield in the cofain* days until mid-September ""^military decision for the allied cause is believed to be reasonably certain in 1919, when the United States swings into the Itc new draft. It is held by all the military authorities that by that time the Germans will be outnumbered in men, that the morale of the new al lied troops will be superior to that of the worn German fighters, that suDDlies will be inexhaustible for the lines and scarcer for the Germans, and that every practical military as | set will be possessed in excess by the I allies over the Germans. Expect a Peace Drive. j It is expected that the Germans, re ! alizing all these facts as well as j their opponents, will devote their at ! tention to making their last line of i defense so strong as to give them ground for the arguments it is thought they will put forward for a negotiated peace. These will be that a military decision for either side seems improbable, therefore "in the interest of humanity" a negotiated peace should be entered into. Of course, it must be entered into at one? before the allies strengthen their arm for the final crushing blow. "No negotiated peace in the interim. Wa will have peace by a military rfslon In 1919, which will be a peace in effect as well as in name. This is to be the watchword of the military authorities of all the allied nations from now on. They will be seech the peoples of their governments t^est confidence in the military arm and pay no heed to the propaganda of the German negotiators. No Interest of humanity," it will be contended, can nossibly be served except through a peace which Germany will be bound to keep for all time. Warn Against Propaganda. The public here and abroad is being constantly warned by the military authorities to be on guard against the approach of the propaganda and to heed the statements of the military heads, who know the military prob abilities of the future. The coming winter will be utilized for the spread of nrooaganda while the Germans are franticSdly strengthening their line of defense wherever it may be located after the battles of the next few W??Wateh out for German peace sap pers at home while we are doing the alhting that is to surely give us real Smcb" will be the constant appeal of the heads of the United States mill tary establishment. HUGE LIST OF CAPTURES MM BV SLUES PARIS. September 2.?The allied forces on the western front have taken a total of 128,302 prisoners since July IS it was announced in an official statement today. In the same period 2,069 guns. 1,734 mine throwers and 1S78S machine guns were captured. On the French front 76,900 prisoners ?nd 700 guns had been captured by the French since July 18, It Is announced today. '? Gen. Brugere Dies of Apoplexy. GRENOBLE, France, September 1.? I Gen Brugere, former generalissimo I of the French army, who visited the I United States in 1912 as the head of j the Rochambeau mission, died sud denly today of apoplexy while visiting ! Co?. Du Lautaret, in the Alps. |25,000 Yacht la Boned. AIXSONAC, Mich., September 2.?Fire, believed to have been caused by the explosion of an oil signal lamp, com pletely destroyed the steam yacht Ivy, owned by Mrs. W. H. Oades of Detroit, a.t anchorage here. The eight persons on board escaped In a lifeboat. The loss has beep estimated at J2?,000. LABOR DAY, 1918. "We realize as we never realized before that we are comrades."?Woodrow Wilson. Americans in First Fighting . in Belgium Get Voormezeele Other German Positions Also Taken?British Reported to Have Captured Bullecourt Three Times, Now Securely Holding It. By the Asioclftted Press. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FLANDERS, Sunday, September 1.? In the first fighting In Belgium the Americans captured Voormezeele and several strong German positions in that Immediate vicinity. On their j entrance into Voormezeele the in j vaders found that all that remained j of the town were piles of debris, for i the shellflre had been so intense that hardly one brick was left standing upon another. *??? <0 As the Americans advanced the German peat- guards, from what" lit tle cover remained, opened up with their machine guns, but these were quickly silenced without much trou ble. Elsewhere in the same locality the Americans also advanced the line, keeping In contact with the retreat ing enemy. Counter attacks by the Germans resulted in their gaining little more than a slight foothold, which in every case was quickly loosened by British and American re attacks. In most places the Germans did not even got a foothold, for the advanc ing formations were met with hurri canes of fire under which they melted away. Town Thrice Won, Report. It is believed that Bullecourt Itself has thrice been lost and won in the past two days. First the British were In the town, and then the Germans. While one side had the control the machine gunners and bombers from the other would filter in and get the gosltlons, and then the place would ecome most active. From ruin to ruin, through cellars and through old and new trenches the fighting has continued, and all of the time almost the same tactics were being followed In the country surrounding. In the language of the British soldiers, it has been a "dog fight" here for two days. The British have retired only when hordes of Germans appeared, but their retirement usually has been to the positions where they could pour ma chine gun bullets into the enemy. Heavy losses were inflicted upon the Germans. British Now in Possession. Just now it appears that Bullecourt and Hendicourt again are in British hands and that the cellars, dugouts and hiding places are being mopped up. Similar fighting has been going on In the villages of Ecoust St. Mein and Longaate. and these places also are In possession of the British. The ground in front of the British lines throughout this region is piled with dead Germans, for the British have not hesitated to temporarily re tire slightly in the fifce of strong enemy attacks when It appeared that | their own strength could thereby be conserved and at the same tlm* se ' cure an opportunity to mow down i masses of Germans. These tactics have had a most disastrous result for the foe and that the British have not lost anything is shown by the fact that their casualties continue ex tremely light, while all positions are i Anally retained. At Mont St. Quentin the Germans j have counter attacked again and i again at great cost, but the line there remains Intact. The enemy seems to have removed virtually everything he had In Fer onne, for he realized that the town surely must come Into British hands soon; but nevertheless there was fight ing there before the place was cap tured. There has been more hard fighting around Le Transloy, which fell to the British a few days ago. The Germans here were firmly estab lished in the cemetery at the edge of the town, but the place now has been stormed and captured and the Ger mans driven south and east Late yesterday the enemy delivered powerful counter attacks east of Fremicourt on the Bapaume-Cambrai road, the infantry being assisted, ac cording to reports, by a few tanks. The Germans succeeded In penetrat ing a short distance,abut the British Immediately re-attacked, and the ground which the Germans had occu pied quickly became a shambles. In this operation the British captured many prisoners. Among the Gecsian dead at this point was a battalion commander. The British were also counter at tacked at Vaulx-Vraucourt, the Ger mans gaining a corner in the north east section of the village and holding It for a time, only to be driven off. South of the Arras-Camhrai road the advance continues. During the night it was held up by a strong fire from a lone trench Just south or the road. The Germans appeared determined to hold on here and fought desperately. British "Kick Off." Finally the British "kicked oft" from their positions and charged the enemy. During the fight that followed the British either killed or captured every man of the enemy garrison and in ad dition bagged fifteen machine guns. This was accomplished with casual ties so light as to sound Incredible. In fact, the number was so small that it was not made known. In the north the Germans steadily continue their retreat. In the Lys salient the British are on the heels of the Germans. Beyond Vierstraat and Vooreszeele the enemy has fallen back east of the Ypres-Comines canal. The British have reached Doulif and La Creche. Ravelsburg ridge has been captured, after some opposition from the Ger man rear guards, who put up a fierce though brief fight. Other advanced troops are on the outskirts of Neuve Egllse. Llnden houck and Kemmel village have been captured. KAISER URGES PEACE HOPES IN SEDAN DAY OBSERVANCE By the Anoeiated Pr*s?. AMSTERDAM, September 2.?Emperor William, replying to a message from the municipality of Berlin on the oc casion of Sedan day, declared that he was firmly convinced that no enemy will ever be able to shake the strong structure of the German empire. Never, he added, could the German people be vanquished when it was united. Continuing the message, as quoted in a dispatch from Berlin, he said: BRITISH SHIP ESCRICK TORPEDOED;13 IN PORT A CANADIAN ATLANTIC PORT, September 2.?The British steamer Escrtck, 4,151 tons, bound from Bor deaux to Montreal, was torpedoed on the night of Augurft 16 when about 500 miles off the French coast. Thirteen survivors of the crew of thirty-seven have arrived here on an oil tanlcer. which picked them up. Sweden nations Potatoes. STOCKHOLM, Saturday, August SI. ?Regulations governing t*>e distribu tion of potato ration* in Sweden will go into effect September L The daily allowance will be one pound of po MMi "I know that the whole brave Ger man people are ready for all sacri fices; that It is at one with me in the firm determination to obtain an honor able peace. No other people is able to accomplish what the Germans have done at the front and at home in heroism, energy and loyalty to the death for the defense of our existence and for our holiest rights. "Unshakably brave and hard as steel we look forward closely united. We will and shall successfully and gloriously overcome all storms. May God grant it" WAR REVENUE BILL TO GO TO HOUSE TOMORROW The $8,200,000,000 war revenue bill was not submitted to the House to day, as was expected. Following an executive meeting of the ways and means committee. It was stated that the bill will be Intro duced tomorrow, with the prospect that it will be called up for consid eration by the House on Thursday. Report Increased German Crops. COPENHAGEN, September 2.?An official German crop report estimates the yield this year at ten to fifteen per cent above that of ltlT. The area planted to early potatoes was a fifth greater than In 1917, and that to late potatoes also allowed an incresse. Torpedoing of Ataz-Mendi Brings Decision to Take All Interned Hun Ships. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 2.?The Span ish government after a cabinet meet ing Saturday night seized one of the interned German steamers, according to a Madrid dispatch to the Daily Mail. This action -was taken because of the torpedoing of the Ataz-MendL Backs Tip Wot* to Berlin. By the Associated Press. MADRID, Saturday, August 31.?The Spanish government tonight decided to take over all the German steam ships interned in Spanish ports In ac cordance with Spain's recent note to Berlin, because of the torpedoing of Spanish vessels by German subma rines. Foreign Minister Dato announced at a meeting of the cabinet tonight that the Spanish cteamship Ataz-Mendi, carrying a cargo of coal from Eng land to Spain, had been torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. A semi-official note issued after a meeting of the cabinet today says that the minister of foreign affairs informed the cabinet of the sinking of the Spanish steamer Carasa on Agust 22, and that he had asked the Spanish consul at Cardiff, where the survivors were landed, to telegraph full details of the sinking. Will Force Censorship. The minister of the Interior gave the cabinet the names of certain newspapers which had refused to obey the censorship. The minister was Instructed to appeal to the pa triotism of these papers and to ap ply the law strictly If they were un willing to listen to his advice. A dispathc from Paris August 29 reported the sinking of the Span ish steamer Carasa of 2,099 tons gross by a German submarine. The date of the sinking was not given In the dispatch. CED BY Ofi. SOtF, 'TIS SAC Cablegram to The Evening Star and Chicago Dally News. Copyright. 1918. THE HAGUE; Holland. September 2.-?News has been received here that Chancellor von Hertllng has retired and that Dr. Solf has been appointed as his suocessor. Peace overtures are now expected. INCREASE FOR BIT UMNO ITS. i Output for Week of August 24 Shows 12,603,000 Net Tons. Bituminous' coal production for the week ended August 24 amounts to 12,603,000 net tons, including lignite and coal made Into coke, which pro duction exceeded the output during the corresponding week of 1917 by 1,852,000 net tons, or 17 per cent. Compared with the output during the preceding week the increase amount ed to 669,000 net tons or 5.6 per cent. Anthracite production for the week is reported in net tons at 2,134,000 as against 1,924,000 net tons during the preceding week, an Increase of 10 per cent. The production record for the week compares with 1.9S8.000 net tons during tjje corresponding week of 1917. GORE WOTTED AID FARMERS. Will Hove to Amend Agricultural Bill and Provide $180,000,000. Senator Gore of Oklahoma today gave notice that he would move tomorrow to suspend the rules, so as to offer an amendment to the pending emergency agricultural bill providing $150,000,000 to aid the farmers in the drought strick en parts of the country- It requires a two-thirds vote of the Senate to suspend the rules. Japanese Miners Burn Buildings. TOKIO. Saturday. August SI (by the Associated Press). ? Serious disturbances are reported among the miners In the Kyushu coal district. At one colliery the miners set Are to the mine buildings and fifty houses were destroyed. ' ? ? BRITISH CAPTURE DROCOURT-QUEANT HINDENBURG LINE Vitally Important Point Opens Way to Edge of Gagnkourt. CANADIANS WIN VICTORY; AMERICANS' BRILLIANT FIGHT I By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 2 (1 p.m.)-?The British have pene trated the vitally important Drocourt-Queant switch of the Hindenburg line, according to reports from the battle front this afternoon. They have reached the western edge of Gagnicourt about two miles northeast of Queant. A large number of prisoners were taken in this forward push against extremely stubborn enemy resistance. The Germans had seven divisions massed on a front of five miles in this area. The Drocourt-Queant line was smashed through by the Canadians on a two-mile front. Field Marshal Haig's men are reported to be in Dury and heavy fighting is progressing in favur of the British. he Transloy Soon to Fall. I he Transloy. the ITnportant point on the line between Bapaume and Peronne, where the Germans have been holding stubbornly, ie consid ered by the British today as virtually in their hands. They have captured the village of Villers-au-Flos, to the north, ami le Transloy now is out flanked on both sides. The capture of Norenil, nortneaat of Bapaumet was reported this morn ing:. _ The British advanoe along the Cam - bria-Bapaume road is continuing. On this road the British are approach ing the village of Beugny, nearly four miles northeast of Bapaume. It is not yet definitely reported cap tured. _ The taking of the Drocourt-Queant line, in which tanks co-operated, is considered of enormous importance, if the British can maintain their gains. Very heavy fighting is expect ed, but it will be open fighting and. considered likely to be costly to the enemy The Franc* met with a alight set back to tbe east of Nesle, losing the crest of Hill U. which they bad cap tured during last night. Canadians Victorious. CANADIAN HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, September 2 (Canadian press).?Canadian troops attacked this morning astride the Arras-Cam brai road on a front of five miles and broke through the Drocourt-Queant switch line on a front of two miles. The Canadians are reported to be in Dury and also to have reached the western edge of Cagnicourt. Consid erable fighting is taking place on the high ground between Dury and Etaing. A large number of Germans have been taken prisoner. Several Villages Taken. LONDON, September 2.?British troops last night captured the vil lages of Saillisel and. Sailly-Saillisel on the line north of Peronne, today's war office announcement states. To the northwest of Queant the village of Riencourt-lez-Cagnicourt and the German positions south of that village were also captured, together with sev eral hundred prisoners. An attack was launched this morn ing by Canadian and English troops In the Important sector south of the Scarpe, In the Arras region. The an nouncement reported that good prog ress was being made. Southeast or Bapaume on the line between Bapaume and the Scarpe a further advance has been made to ward Horeull. ^ Advance in Slanders. On the Flanders front the British have advanced as far as the Lys river east of, Estaires, while farther northeast in the direction of Ypres the village of Neuve-Eglise has been cap tured. Between 3.000 and 4.000 prisoners were taken by the Australians in the vicinity of Peronne yesterday. Sunday's Fighting Bitter. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, September 1, evening (Ca nadian Press).?Yesterday saw fight ing on the front of the British armies from north of Voormezeele to the south of Peronne. On both flanks the British troops advanced victoriously. In the center they bitterly contested the vast network of defenses guard In* the Drocourt line. The battle around Bullecourt, although result ing in only slight territorial changes, has been particularly bitter. Saturday a formidable station redoubt that had been previously taken and lost was r^nPtthe right another British di vision was fighting its way valiantly through the honey-combed defenses of Ecoust and Longatte. Long after the assaulting waves had gained their objectives mopping-up parties would unearth machine -gun burrows, get ting as many as ten machine guns. Small tanks captured many dis mounted who had been hurriedly thrown in to replace the infantry. This is considered an Indication of a serious shortage of German reserves. The British casualties have been amazingly small, working out at one tenth the number taken prisoners. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FLANDERS, September 1 <by the Associated Press). 4 p.m.?Furious fighting was reported from various sections of the battle front today. The British advanced every where and at least 2,000 more prisoners were taken. Peronne, Bouchavesnes, Rancoort, Morval and Beaulancourt, all have fallen. The German withdrawal from the Lya salient continues. While the British have been gain ing: ground they also have been shat tering the efforts of the Germans, to recover positions of vital Importance to them at many points between the Scarpe and Peronne. On numerous sectors the Germans have dashed themselves against the firm standing British lines, but nowhere have tliey succeeded in gaining ground. ' Core of Battle. j L.ONDON, September 2.?The core of ; the whole battle now is between the Scarpe river and Bapaume, and it is here that the Germane are really fighting, according io the Daily Mail's correspondent at British headquarters in France. In this sector the Ger mans, says the correspondent, are fighting well to keep the allies off their great line of defense that winds along the most favorable ridges from St. Quentin to Drocourt. London, Manchester and Liverpool troops are operating here, while to the south the Canadians are fighting a fierce battle against stubborn resist ance. Mont St. Quentin Fight Brief. LONDON. September 2.?The Aus tralians, who captured Mont St. Queu tin with 1,500 prisoners, and thereby made the fall of Peronne inevitable, accomplished the feat within an hour and with a loss to themselves of only twenty-five men. according to the Daily Mail's correspondent at British headquarters In France. The corre spondent says that the better part of three German divisions crumbled to 'pieces before one Australian unit. The Germans appeared to have felt some sort of nameless terror, similar to that which sometimes takes possession of troops fighting against Indians In their native haunts. The capture of Peronne, according to the correspondent, should turn the enemy's present line and hasten his retreat. He now has in this southern quarter only one good position to bold before he reaches the Hindenburg line from St. Quentin northward. French Push On North of Eoisaons. PARIS, September 2.?French troops last night made additional progress on the front north of Solssons, g< ining ground In the woods west of Couiy-le Chateau, the war office announced to day. An advance also was scored in ttm region east of Pont Mt. Mard. The Germans twice counter attacked aloiur the Canal du Nord, at the village at Campagne. but the French position* were maintained. The allies are keeping up the battle in the face of Increasing resistance by the enemy and more than that they have extended the fighting until it now embraces a front of some 120 miles from Yp'res to Soissons. This is moA than many well informed observers had hoped for. Peronne's Fall Serious. Peronne has fallen and with It the enemy's last chance of holding on to a strong defensive position along the Somme. While the principal feats now are be ing performed on the British part of the battle line. Gen. Mangin continues to forge ahead, adding every day to the enemy's losses and to his danger. Gen. Margin's success is due not only to the valor of his Franco-American troops, but to the skill in maneuvering that he has shown. Not contenting himself with attacking frontally the heights be tween Crecy-au-Mont and Juvigny, be maneuvered at the same time by the south and filtered through successively the long ravine running through Vaux Regis, Chavigny, Juvigny, Leery and passing by Pasly, Cuffs and Crouy he is forcing the Germans to retire on their left as far as Bucy-le-Long, and thus giving completeness and solidity to the movement. Yankees Outpoint Enemy in "Jumble of Ravines" LONDON. September J.?The sad heap of what once were the homea of Juvigny, which is an that remains of the place, was not even of tactical im portance, says the - correspondent for Renter's, .Limited, In a dispatch from the headquarters of the American forces on the Alsne front, describing the cap ture of Juvigny by the American forces. Continuing the dispatch says: "There waa Terr little lighting done In Juvigny Itself, but In tho neighboring valleys, where the lighting resolved It self into general Infantry work* aircraft and ground craft proved Invaluable to the Americans. They were mostly men uu Qagn.*MNriui neon r v- aaq *b appreciation of the country, and in tho branching jumble of ravines they out pointed the Germans in working their way through without losing touch with their own line or being enveloped by the enemy. "It was in consequence of their craft and good shooting that the American captures reached such a high ftgure. SSO Germans being cleverly rounded up, for the boche was not there to surrendai. Ha was there to fight and had fought aa long- at least as hope remained. Left Many Dead. *lt waa the 10440) German regiment that tried to bar the way of the Ame-j can* and the men of thin reg:ir.< ? routing tor wbicb to npcoacb %