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WEATHER.
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row Increasing cloudiness, probably rain.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending- 2 p.m. today: Highest. 68. at 3
p.m. today; lowest, 42, at T a.m. today.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918?EIGHTEEN PAGES.
TWO CENTS.
FOUR GREAT BATTLES RAGE ON
FRONT
Destined to Become Historic
Utterance of War, Ob
servers Here Believe.
CLEAREST STATEMENT
OF WAR AIMS YET MADE
Places U. S. Government on Record
for League of Nations and Clari
fies Several Vital Questions.
President Wilson's address in Xptv
Tork last night, setting forth five prin
ciples "representing this government's
interpretation of its own duty with re
gard to peace/' today was regarded in
Washington as a memorable utterance,
destined to become one of the most
historic addresses of the present war.
It was acclaimed as notable, botty
amon* officials of this government and
by unofficial expressions on the part
of allied government representatives,
for several reasons.
It gives clearer definition to the
fourteen principles originally laid
down by the President, which later he
summarized under four heads.
It presents :t program by which the
principles previously laid down may
be carried out.
U. S. Put on Record for League.
It places this government squarely
on record for a league of nations, a
proposal hitherto considered as a
tentative project.
It flatly opposes the economic block
ade idea, a moral weapon about which
there has raged a storm of contro
versy ever since the now famous Paris
economic conference.
Finally, and significantly, it was
put forward l>y the President not only
as the expression of his own views
nnd interpretation of the desires of
the American people, but as "this
government's interpretation" of prin
ciples upon which a just and a lasting
peace may rest.
Considered Answer to Hertling.
Though no names were mentioned,
the President's ypeech is considered
an answer to von Hertling's recent
ciamorings for a peace which would
cave as much as possible from the
fast-crumbling structure of pan-Ger
man ambitions.
More than that, it is considered an
effective counter attack against the
German peace offensive, which will be
the major part of tin; winter's diplo
matic porgram of the central powers.
Best Statement of War Aims.
It bears no equivocation or loop
holes, apparently, through which
those who would seek a premature
peace could direct their insidious
propaganda. It is accepted as one of
the most specific and concrete defini
tions of war aims yet put into words,
not only by the President, but by any
statesmen o'f the allied nations.
The address, it is believed, further
strengthens the United States in the
position of being a leader among the
nations opposed to Germany, and once
again stamps President Wilson as the
?pokesman of these nations.
Interest iis to Allies* Acceptance.
Acceptance of the working program
by Great Britain arid France espe
cially i.- awaited with keenest inter
est. Some French leaders were luke
warm about the league of nations
idea. This was natural, as France's
chief and deepest concern was the re
covery of her lost provinces. But rc
'?rntly th^rc has been indication of a
roalization on th.? part of France, as
well as Great Britain, that some as
surance must be given against fur
ther predatory activity by heavily
armed nations.
Inclusion of Germany herself in the
league of nations is suggested by the
President, a point about which there
has been considerable discussion. It
has been pointed out by those who
mistrust Germany deeply that leaving
her v. 11hou t the bounds of such a
league would lessen its effectiveness
and gi\e less leverage for assuring
her respect of the rights of smaller
nations than if she were included.
President Wilson seems to have this
in mind with the prov.so that her rep
resentation must be through a Gov
ernment more directly responsible to
the majority of her own people.
Opposes Economic Leagues.
The President puts into words also
the growing feeling that economic
leagues and alliances discriminating
against even the central powers, after
the war is over, would serve as a fester
ing sore, and furnish pretexts for fu
ture wars.
But here it should he noted that
there is no thought in the President's
address of compromising at any point
on the aims of tl?e war. nor of dis
cussing- "terms" in advaj-.ce ot a de
cisive allied victory.
The President reiterates what he
tea stated previously, that there must
bo no treaties, in whole or in part,
which shall not be given full public
ity before the world, and he carries
this thought to a logical conclusion.
*a applied to the plan of a league of
nations, by stipulating that there can
be no "special, selfish, economic com
binations within the league."
Makes War Aims Clear.
The President s speech is regarded
*s a plain and conclusive answer to
those who have asked for a definite
?tatemem ef war aims. Such de
mands have been made from both al
lied ajjd enemy sources. The Presi
^fent stated them last e"V*ninflr. pave
fJuaOnued on i-ieventh Pa?e.>
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FIVE PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH
LASTING PEACE MAY BE MADE
LAID DOWN BY THE PRESIDENT
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FIRST?The Impartial justice
meted oat must involve no discrim
ination between those to whom we
wish to be just and those to whom
we do not wish to be Just. It mast
be a Justice that plays no favorites
and knows no standard but the
equal rights of the several peoples
concerned.
SECOND?Xo special or separate
interest of any single nation or any
group of nations can be made the
basis of any part of the settlement
which is not consistent with the
common interest of all.
THIRD?There can be no leagues
or alliances or special covenants
and understandings within the gen
eral and common family of the
league of nations.
FOURTH?And more specifically,
there can be no special* selfish,
economic combinations within
the league and no employment of
any form of economic boycott or
exclusion except as the power of
economic penalty by exclusion
from the markets of the world '
may be vested in the league of
nations itself as a means of dis
cipline and control.
FIFTH?All International agree
ments and treaties of every kind
must be made known in their
entirety to the rest of the world.
(The full text of President Wilson's New York speech will be found
on Page 4.)
Task of Raising $6,000,000,
; 000, Record War Credit, Is
Auspiciously Begun.
RUSH OF SUBSCRIPTIONS
MARKS START IN D. C.
| America today set itself to the task
i of raising a loan of $6,000,000,000 ill
| three weeks.
i Although this was twice the mini- i
mum of any previous liberty loan and by
far the greatest war credit ever under
taken by any nation. Treasury Depart
ment officials are certain that the sum
I
1 will be oversubscribed. Their confi
dence was expressed in the announce
ment that the surplus would be allot
ted.
Officials felt that it was a favorable
augury for the fourth liberty loan that |
the campaign got under way when the
American Army was pressing forward
in a great offensive in France and Bul
garia was suing for peace, starting the
| long-expected disintegration of the
' central powers.
? With a mighty rush of subscriptions
j and a spirit prevailing that gave
every evidence of patriotic loyalty
I and a determination to raise its quota
j of $27,608,000 during the early part of
i the campaign, Washington, the na
; tion's capital, led the pace in the big
| loan drive.
The people of Washington seemed
to qealize that this is as much their
war as it is of the stricken people of
; the invaded allied countries in Europe.
| Throughout the city American flags
and those of the allies were flying:
| bells were rung and whistles blown.
| High up in the skies airplanes hover
j cd over the city, and about the streets
j there were many uniformed soldiers.
I Everything seemed to spell victory
? and to serve as an inspiration for the
j bond salesmen.
Washington Astir Early.
' Washington started early on its
I campaign. The sun was not well up
! before the downtown section was
j astir. The feature of the opening day
! celebration and which served as the
! formal inauguration of the local drive
| was the large rally at noon on the
i south steps of the Treasury building.
Ceraldirie Farrar, opera star, was to
i have snng "Tho Star Spangled Banner" :
and "The Marseillaise." hut she could
not sing because of a severe cold. She
appeared, however, and sold the first
boiid. A. concert was given by the
t'nited States Marine Band. Nearly fifty
thousand persons were in attendance.
Officials of tlio Treasury Department,
the District loan committee, members
of the cabinet, senators and repre
sentatives and foreign diplomats were
present.
I Subscriptions to the loan began pour
! Ing in today at all federal reserve
hanks. Many communities had over
subscribed their quotas even before'
the campaign officially began. Thou-!
sands of workers were out earlv, and |
in practically every city, town and I
hamlet in the land special ceremonies I
of one sort or another ushered in the
, drive. rosters everywhere exhorted
I readers to back the boys in France
i with liberty bonds, and President Wil
son's personal message in his own
handwriting greeted the nation from
full-page advertisements in the morn
ing newspapers.
Loan rallies are being held in almost I
every government department and bu
reau in Washington today. They com
menced at !?:30 o'clock in the morning,
and by 5 o'clock this afternoon more
. than sixty of these meetings will have
I been held. More than 150.000 people
are expected to be reached in this
manner. Lafh meeting is to be ad
dressed by men of prominence, and at
many of them there will be music and
other enlivening features.
Big Bally Set for Tonight.
At S o'clock tonight in the Liberty
Hut the final great rally of the open
! ing day will be staged, when thou
| sands of prominent business and pro
; fessional men will gather and listen
' to a patriotic address by Senator
! James Hamilton Lewis, who will de
! liver a message from the American
I soldiers in France, where he recently
? visited. The Marine Band will furnish
, the music on this occasion.
! Throughout the dowmown section
f of the city gayly decorated automobile
; trucks with temporary booths con
structed upon them carried bond
salesmen from one point to another.
| The clanging bells on these trucks
iConlinn ?' ~ y-g-u.i. t' --- j
A
SENATOR SHOT
ADMITS DEFEAT OF
| SUFFRAGE HOSTS
Makes Statement Following
Announced Opposition of
Senator Benet.
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| MAKES COUNTER-CHARGE
OF PLAY IN POLITICS
1
I ?
I 1 he defeat of the woman suffrage
resolution was conceded thin aft
| emoo& on the floor of the Senate
i bj- Senator Smoot of Vtali. one of
the prominent salfragc leaders. HU
statement was made after Sen
ator Benet of South Carolina in
his maiden speech announced that
he would vote against the resolu
tion. He was one of the thirty
one democrats counted upon to
support the resolution.
The fact that he will not makes
31 assured votes against the suf
frage resolution. It cannot car
ry if there are more than 12
against it.
Senator Smoot charged that Sen
ator l'ittman of Nevada was play
ing polities yesterday when he said
that the republicans had tricked
! the democrats with a promise of
S3 votes for the resolution, lie
asked where were the i!l demo
cratic rotes, in the light of Senator
Bract's announcement, which Sen
ator Pittman has pledged.
When the Senate met today tho suf
frage leaders had practically aban
doned their plan to keep that body Jn
continuous session to force a vote on
tho woman suffrage resolution. It
has been learned that Senator GofC of
West Virginia, a suffrage supporter,
has been compelled to go out of town
i for medical treatment and would not
I t.e back until Monday. Also Senator
j La Follette, who in coming to Wash
, ington to vote for the suffrage resolu
tion, is not expected to reach here
j until after 5 o'clock today.
The anti-suffrage senators, how
j ever, immediately began their filibus
j ter tactics. They insisted upon having
the journal of yesterday's proceedings
read and when a request was made
that the President's speech in New
York last night be printed as a public
document Senator Lodge said he had
no objection, but that he desired it
read to the Senate, which took up fur
ther time.
Senate in. Angry Mood.
TV hen the Senate adjourned last
| evening with the suffrage resolution
still pending it was in an angry mood.
The suffragists insisted that there
should be a session of the Senate to
day, while the anti-suffragists urged
that an adjournment be taken until
Monday. Senator La Follette of Wis
j consin, the unpaired suffrage senator,
lis to arrive here at 4:30 o'clock this
[ afternoon, and the suffragists expect
at that time to muster their utmost
[ strength for the resolution. Senator
i Jones of New Mexico, chairman of the
| suffrage committee, refused to accede
to the suggestion of Senator Martin
| of Virginia, a leading anti-suffrage
senator, that because various senators
had to be away today to make liberty
loan speeches an adjournment be tak
en until Monday.
"Then," said Senatflt Martin, "I wish
to assure the senator there will be no
vote before noon Monday on this reso
lution."
The opponents of tho resolution be
gan at once preparing to conduct a
filibuster, assigning time to various
senators to hold the floor until Mon
day noon in case the suffrage sup
porters seek to hold the Senate in
continuous session.
Yesterday afternoon was occupied
by attacks upon the suffragists and
the proposed constitutional amend
ment by Senator Reed, who charged
that the senators had yielded to fe
male bossism, the suffrage lobby and
to a defense of the women and the
suffrage resolution by Senator Lewis
of Illinois, who said the only offense
tho women had committed was to de
fend their rights. He compared their
?^^aniinued on Tenth Page..)
THE RIGHT SPIRIT.
SAYS HAGUE REPORT
LONDON*. September 2S.?Count von
Hertling, the German imperial chan- j
ccllor, has resigned, according- to a j
message received by the Central i
News Agency from The Hague.
CAPITAL BYSTAND
Implications in Speech
Transcend All Other
Considerations.
FIGHTS FOR ALL PEOPLES
BY DAVID LAWREXCE.
(Copyright. 101S. b.r X. T. Evening Tost, Inc.)
President ilson's speech and the
implications of it transcend every
thing else today in this busy capital.
He who asks how long the war will
last can find the answer in that
speech; he who asks whether the
President means to put into practical
effect the ideals of democracy which
he has been preaching since America
entered the war can learn therein of
the earnestness of Mr. Wilson's pur
pose to do so.
For Germany and Austria, for their
untrustworthy leaders of today and
their inevitable spokesmen of still
another day, for those statesmen of
England and France and Italy who
have hitherto grudgingly tolerated
the idealism of America, for the pro
gressives and laboring masses in
England and France and the demo
cratically inclined parties of Italy, j
President Wilson has penned a docu-1
ment that is the boldest challenge he
has issued in his unwavering and per
sistent effort of the last eighteen |
months to purge the entente cause of
everything that remotely resembles'
imperialism, territorial aggrandize- I
ment and selfish nationalism. j
No Peace by Compromise. 1
To Germany and Austria and the'
vassal states thereof, it is the lan
guage of peace that President Wilson
speaks, but peace not by compromise
but by an acceptance of those prin
ciples which America has repeatedlv
proclaimed as paramount. For what
it will mean among the peoples of the
central powers and for what will be
read into it by all political factions
in the entente countries it is bv far
the most sensational speech the Presi
dent has made on the political and
diplomatic side of the war
Mr. Wilson spent nearly a fortnight
wrlt.,nS He his words
caretully. The occasion was the open
ing of the fourth liberty loan cam
paign, but he devoted only a few sen
tences to that. In accordance with
his custom, the President used the op
portunity to speak farther than the
audience that faced him, far across
the American continent to the peoDles
oi other worlds and to other scenes
where the sacrifices in life itself are
every day being gloriously offered for
the vindication of the best ideals that
tho human spirit haj given to the
world.
a. S. Means What It Says.
And precisely because America is
giving: freely of her blood on foreign
battlefields, precisely because Amer
ica is about to raise six billion dol
lars of bonds and eight billion dol
lars by taxation to loan to the allies
as well as to sustan our own armies
in the field, the President takes the
liberty to remind the whole world
that America means what she says
that America wants nothing for her'
self out of this war. but intends to
use her influence to see to it that no
other nation?not even an aJIy shall
take advantage of the forthcoming
victory to sow the seeds of anther
*ar of "pitiless force and blood
shed.*'
Ha tells the entente countries -wtiat
(Continued on Eleventh Page.)
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BULGARIA IS OUT OF THE WAR,
IS VIEW OF HER MINISTER HERE
Bulgaria is out of the war, in the opinion of Stephan Pana
tcroff, Bulgarian minister here, who believes that his country
definitely is determined to abandon its alliance with Germany and
Austria, and, if the entente allies refuse to listen to peace over
tures, will appeal to the United States to use its good offices.
ALLIES LAY DOWN LAW
IN REPLY TO WJLGARS
Military Operations Will Not Be Suspended
Without Guarantees?Foe Must Break
With Quadruple Alliance?No
Compromise Shown.
By tlic Associated Press.
LONDON, September 28.?A reply from the allied powers
to Bulgaria's application for an armistice has been dispatched to
Sofia.
The allied governments have necessarily demanded ievery
guarantee which tljey consider necessary to them to safeguard
their military operations and prevent the dispatch of German
troops to Bulgaria.
The reply, it is stated, is fully covered by the answer given the
Bulgarian representatives by the commander of the allied army
on the Macedonian front. By this reply it is perfectly well defined
that no military operations can be suspended.
| Breaking1 of Alliance Demanded.
| At the same time regarding the pro
i posal that duly accredited Bulgarian
I representatives should t confer with
the allies on the question of peace it
has been made quite clear to the Sofia
government that such a peace neces
sarily involves a complete rupture by
the Bulgarian government with Tur
key, Germany and Austria-Hungary.
In discussing the Bulgarian proposal,
it is pointed out, the allies have no in
tention of attempting to make a final
territorial settlement in the Balkans,
which obviously must be a matter for
consideration at the peace conference.
The question, it is stated, is one of
tho conclusion of such a military
agreement as would prevent any fur
ther danger from the Bulgarian side
to the operations of the allies in the
Balkans.
If the terms laid down which have
been dispatched to Sofit are not ac
ceptable to the Malinolt government,
the allied powers, it is added, have 110
further conditions to propose, and it
will rest with Bulgaria to find other
representatives who can accept these
conditions.
Official Bulgarian Statement.
An official Bulgarian statement
| dated September 24 announces that
Bulgaria has Initiated a proposition
for obtaining an armistice and peace.
The text of the official announce
ment reads:
"In view of the conjuncture of cir
cumstances which have recently
arisen, and after the position had been
! jointly discussed with -all competent
authorities, the Bulgarian govern
ment, desiring to put an end to the
bloodshed, authorized the commander
! in-chief of the army to propose to the
generalissimo of the armies of the
entente at Saloniki a cessation of hos
I tilities and the entering into of ne
[ gotiatlons for obtaining an armistice
and peace.
"The members of the Bulgarian del
egation left yesterday evening in or
der to get into touch with the pleni
! potentiaries of the entente belliger
ents."
The statement was transmitted
through the German semi-official
Wolff bureau, which added to the text
the following note:
"The report of the departure of the
delegation is incorrect."
Anti-War Agitation Cause.
The Bulgarian plea for an armistice
was in response to anti-war agita
tion among the bulk ot the people,
the correspondent says in his dis
patch from Copenhagen. The corre
spondent also hears that King Ferdi
rand himself played an active role in
the peace move until Germany coun
tered his move.
According to this report the king,
realizing that the people were determin
ed to end the war, took the initiative
some time ago in intrigues for peace,
hoping to save his tlirore and stave off
a revolution. It was for this reason
that he went to Germany, and the cor
respondent adds that it was a curious
fact that his whereabouts and actions
since he returned have been a mystery.
A solution of the mystery is said to
be that the Germans in Bulgaria realiz
ed that the king was turning against
them and they virtually kept hiin a
prisoner, at any rate to an extent of
preventing him from taking a hand in
peace overtures. The Germans, how
ever. were powerless against the popu
larity of Premier Malinoff, who, it is
recalled, while Bulgaria's policy was un
decided, opposed an alliance with the
central powers.
Bulgarian Move Interpreted.
LONDON", Friday, September 27.?
Bulgaria's request for an armistice to
discuss peace appears to be the lead
ing event of what seems to be the most
important week of the war since the
battle of the Marne. There are two
interpretations of Bulgaria'3 action.
Which is the correct one remains to
be seen.
The first is that the Bulgarian army,
being defeated and scattered among
the mountains, resorts to a familiar
device to gain time in which to pull
itself together. The other is that Bul
garia now sees that she is on a sink
ing ship and wishes to make the best
terms she may. There have been sev
eral indications recently that the lat
ter theory comes close to the Bul
garian state of ir-ind. The allies have
made a reply which should enable
them, if their proposal is accepted, to
judge which of these is the real pur
pose of Bulgaria. A conference without
an armistice will prove what the enemy
really desires.
Turkey in Same Boat.
Signs are not wanting that Bulgaria
and Turkey feel that they are in the
same boat. When Talaat Pasha, the
Turkish grand vizier, 'visited Berlin
recently he gave an interview in
which he said the war must end this
winter and that it had accomplished
all that it could. German newspapers
expressed considerable uneasiness and
ALLIES CUTTING WAY
INTO FOE LINE FROM
THE SEA TO VERDUN
Belgians Usher In Big Flanders
Offensive?Cambrai About
to Fall.
FRENCH GAIN NORTH OFAISNE;
CHAMPAGNE DRIVE SUCCEEDS
By the Associated Press.
Marshal Foch is putting the Germans on the \tcstern l'ront to
the most severe test of the war. On four important sectors from
Verdun to the North Sea allied troops are fighting their way into
and beyond the Hindenburg line.
Smashing attacks are being delivered by the British and Belgians
north of Ypres; by the British and Americans before Cambrai;
by the French north of the Aisne, and by the French and Ameri
cans in Champagne and to the east. On all fronts the allied
soldiers are meeting with success.
Cambrai, it would appear, is about to fall. The British, having
captured the important height of Bourlon wood, arc reported
beyond Fontaine-N ?VC Dame and Sailly, within one and three
quarters miles of Cambrai.
On the north the Belgian and Briti.-Ii armies are lighting
through the Hindenburg defense 011 a front of more ilian ten miles
from Ypres to north of Dixmudc. At some points the attack, be
gun this morning, already has resulted in an advance of more than
two and one-half miles. The allied troops have penetrated im
portant positions of the Iloutholst forest, German possession of
I 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 outflanking of the
bastion of Lille.
French troops are fighting forward up the slopes toward the
Chemin des Dames. They have gained further ground south of
Fort Malmaison and have taken the important points of Jouv
and Aizy and the ravine between.
The Franco-American drive west and ea>t of the Argonnc to
the Meuse continues successfully today.
French. Move Forward. than at the height of. On. Cyns's
stroke of last November. The attack
ing troops hold a longer front im
mediately on the west, while to the
north they are pressing onward oVSr
terrain hitherto untouched by light
ing. Southwest of Cambrai the lir it
ish are fighting toward the important
Scheldt canal at Cantaing.
Field Marshal Kaig's thrust north
of Camrbai already lias progressed
j The French have moved their line
! forward west of the Argonne forest
?and captured important positions on
| their western llank. Kast of the
Argonne the Germans are fighting
desperately to hold the Brunhilde
positions, but the Americans are
progressing at several points.
In the last three days the British, j more than thr#?e miles. The Kritish
i ,.1. nr>i4 t marininc 111 VO f a L'PTl !??<?/> 1-, In-K .1 1. - i < ?
French and Americans have taken
more than 27.000 prisoners. In their
Cambrai drive the British have cap
tured 10.000, while the Franco
Americans have increased their total
to more than 16,000. The Belgians
and British are reported to have cap
tured 1.000 Germans.
The menace to Cambrai is greater
have cut the high road between Cam
brai and I>ouai and have the railroad
between the two cities dominate'! bv
their puns. The fall of Cambrai, mili
tary observers believe, would result
in a German withdrawal from I-?ou:'.l
and St. Quentin. which possily would
lead to a retirement to tin. French
border.
Haig Takes 10,000 Prisoners
in Sweep Upon Cambrai
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS I\
FRANCE, September 28 CReuterVi)-?-'
Field Marshal Hals** force* today
captured the town of Arlcux, five 1
miles ?oothca?t-ea*t of Dooal. |
Bj the Associated Pres.". j
LONDON, September 28.?Prisoners |
to the number "of 10,000 have been |
captured by the British in their of- j
fensive in the Cambrai area Field j
Marshall Haig announced in liis ofli- I
cial statement today. Two hundred,
guns were taken by the British forces. |
Along the whole battle front before j
Cambrai the operations were progrcs- '
sing satisfactorily this morning,
Field Marshal Haig announces.
Canadian troops pushed through
Haynecourt and have reached the
Douai-Cambrai foad.
The British have captured the towns
of Epinoy and Oizy-le-Verger.
The British pressed their attack yes
terday without a moment's let upun
j til a late hour and in the evening
I accentuated notably their progress in
the northern portion of the battle
field.
Americans Aid British.
LONDON, September 27.?Americans
operating on the extreme right of the
British this morning captured a series
of trenches and fortified farms form
ing the outer defenses of the Hinden
burg system southeast of Le Catelet.
north of St. Quentin. according to the
official report from Field Marshal
Haig tonight.
British troops todny advanced to ;t
point, within thr*?e inilex of Cambrai.
Tlie British attack today on the
^'ambrai front was made bet*.eta
Sauchy-L.estree and Couzeaucourt, a
distance of fourteen miles.
Advance Three Miles.
JIaig's maximum advance today was
three miles. The llindenburg outposr.
defenses were crossed at several
point.-1. At - o'clock this afternoon
tho British line ran southwest ??f
Gouzeaucourt, east of Beaueamp. we.?t
of Marcoing and east *>f Graincourt,
where some of the enemy were still
holding out. Thence it ran between
Anneux and Can'taing and cast of
Bourlon and the Bourlon wood, a
thousand yards w?*st of Bailcneourt
and along the road to Mar?oinjz. It
is not known whether the British or
the Germans hold Mar<oing
| The capture of Bourlon is of the
| highest importance, because it is the
| bulwark of Cambrai. It was tap
I tured notwithstanding the water line
j in front of it. tbe whole of which has
: now been crossed.
5 The British are in a good position
j to capture Cambrai. Even now tho
enemy cannot use the town, as th*j
railway, roads and junction arc un
| der the British tire.
]
Several Towns Taken.
PARIS. September 28 <11:45 a.m.).?
British forces resumed the battle be
i fore Cambrai at day break today, ac
' cording to news received here. They
| are reported to have captured the vil
lages of Fontaine-Notre-Dame. Can
l taing, Noyelles and Sailly.
Belgians Mopping Up Foe
From North Sea Southward
I By the Auociated Pres.. . part of thtjr fro!lt ,ou,h from <he
PARIS, September 28.?Allied troops ' -**ort'1 ^ea.
began an attack on the front north J"" thousand prisoner.- already ha.v?
been counted. Heavy fislitirs: in lak
of Ypres today and the advance at | iiiff place between Dixraude ?nd Vpres
and the battle Is severe in the Uout
holst forest, north of Ypres.
LONDON. September 2?.?FSviti h
forces have befrun operations in Flan
ders in conjunction with the Belgian
BalxiAn aj-niv aunci U cn the. liuaer arm;'.
some points has been more thmn two
and one-half miles.
The attack Is being made by the
IB