Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 207, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1918 — TUESDAY WAR SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

TUESDAY WAR SUMMARY.

The British and French continue today their great attack on St. Quentin, La Fere and Cambrai, making substantial progress despite the stiffened German resistance. ... x. French patrols are reported to be approaching La Fere and its fall is expected before night. St. Quentin is within reach of the allies’ longrange guns and the enemy s troop and supply movements are being greatly hindered. , Vermend, six miles northwest ol St. Quentin, is reported to have fallen to the British, but word comes ■just now from the front that the town is still held by the Germans, and that the latter are counter attacking. But if the French north of La Hamel are in sufficient force to push through and take St. Quentin from the south, or outflank it, the desperate counter thrusts against the British will avail the enemy nothing. The whole stretch of the Crozat canal between the Oise and the Somme is in French possession. In their drive on Cambraa the British today overcame some obstades that have been holding them up for many days. They captured the nating Havrincourt wood and automatically made further progress in the eastern part of that forest which strongly fortified high ground domihas proved the strongest point of resistance they have yet encountered in this area. Completion of the wood’s capture is' now a matter of hours. . , Today the British had established, themselves in their old positions on the ridge overlooking Gauzeaucourt, which they hdd before the German superdrive of March 21 was 'launched. Gouzeaucourt wood is in their hands. Further south Heudicourt is being evacuated by the Germans, and the British are moving menacingly close to La Catelet, a link in the Hindenburg defense chain between Cambrai and ,St. Quentin. Gouzeaucourt lies six miles to the northwest of Le Gatelet. On the southern end of the attacking front southeast of Laon the Germans are counter attacking with ever growing frequency and violence, especially around Laffaux, northeast of Soissons. They have failed so far, however, to wrest a foot of ground from the French.