| Show J BEG BEGIN IN RETREAT IN lb I LANDERS LANDER B TAKEN f. f I I I BRITISH A ARE REI I BUT UT 12 MILES v 1 FROM CAMBRAI i. i It I. I t- t ti jf Old Line Again losse e. e cai I Arras l rench Too Win Successes 1 Villages Captured l L T Aug 30 Thc The Germans have c a retreat i t in Tl TI Authoritative word reached here late to n HP r S 'S northern n nt- nt that General You Von Arnim's troops have abandoned th of The British are arc following the enemy closely Io Y l l. l have t taken k NO tc a n. village some gome three miles niles south of Baill u L H c Bailleul constituted the westernmost German oh on thc no lies eight and anti a n half haiC miles miles' to the thc north northeast st of S j- j capture by the British of the thc town ojE oj eren two d. fo it lies ties eight an and a a. half miles to the northeast of ck Seven Sc iJes to Lo the southeast of or Bailleul lies the thc rail town torn r cops turo of which led to the great German dash last Jast sprin spring nl is seven miles to the thc southwest of southern Ab nf n ni Hilll-ni I. I 1 slope of Messines ridge I ur F- F mans Indicated intention to take time b by the forelock and re retreat re- re treat from his hla I dangerous I- I Flandera rs pocket before Hal Hal Taig FT launches a drive I similar to that which wiped out the Marno larne and Picard j j Une Groaned Along Along- their whole line of ot attack in inthe I Ithe the center of oC the western ve front which JB Js now hOW an almost straight line from Crom t tie the northeast ot of Arras to the north ot of Solar Soi II sons on ft some orne seventy five miles the allies made mado t further rth r important headway toda to- to da day 4 4 Dero Arras the British took Bullecourt Bulle- Bulle court and nd and and cro crossed the theold theold old line Late t today d tie the they had Advanced nd to within twelve twel miles mlles of dt amb 1 t i. o f tt nt 11 ea ur l' l rr t ti nc f fard ward ard north of ot completed the capture of ot all the dominating positions between Soissons and Leur Leury adding greatly to the menace of oC the tho German Vesle Aisne-Vesle armies In Picard the British have crossed the tho Somme west and south of ot Peronne Iro rf i Around round C A O f J. J 1001 1 i- i II 3 i. i I- I I raging raging- astride tho the Arras road On both sides of ot Bapaume the tho BritIsh BritIsh British Brit Brit- ish also abo made substantial progress rhe rh They captured ll two miles mites southeast of ot Bapaume To the northeast northeast north north- east of ot Bapaume the they are reported to have passed two miles s above Bapaume I The Germans are arc still clinging to to- the to-the the suburbs or of oroon Noyon oyon oon French forces advancing on Ham have hae taken halt half a dozen villages in to toas today's to- to days day's as fighting The French in their advance north of or Soissons captured hilt hill 1 9 a mile and anda andI I a half halt beyond Chavigny Yanks an and French Take More l Ground Kf Dr Pr Press ITtu s P Paris rh Aug 30 North North of or where the tho Americans Americana aro are fighting with i tho the French the villages of or Chavigny i and have been captured and the allied lIno advanced dv to tho the west of ot Crouy accordIng to the official com corn Issued tonight Northwest of oC Noyon oon the canal Du Nord ord has been crossed b by the tho lr French at Catigny and D Beaurains Captured Gen Haig Reports n PI fly London Aug AUF 30 British troops have captured Combles between Bapaume Bapaume Ba Ba- and the River it was wag of officially officially of- of announced today b by the Brit Brit- I 1911 n war V ur I C. u.- Advanced d British troops have crossed the Somme river south and 1111 west of Pe- Pe ronne The British also captured sur Somme omme on the thc Somme river between Combles and Peronne Americans i Rain Shells on Enemy 11 Uj Ity A 1111 With the Americans In France Aug u. 30 Whilo While the French troops on the right and left of the tho Americans on the front north of ot struggled forward forwar forward for for- I ward war toda today the Americans sent Bent thousands thousands thou thou- sands of rounds of oC high explosive shells and anti shrapnel Into the German positions The They made little effort cHort to advance ad their line Late this afternoon some progress was made b by the Americans In the ic- ic glon gion of oC a Although the tho da day was wa not any spectacular advance thero there was f far r from a n lull In the activities on the American front Morale i at Lo Low Ebb Says Austrian Captive c cn n By Associated Iret In With the American Arm Army on th the Lor- Lor Front Aug Auh 30 An An Austrian t taken k n prisoner on the we tein front says tho the morale of ot the Austrian army now In lB BO 80 bad that German troops habitually hu- hu are arc placed b behind them with orders to shoot nn any men who endeavor or to desert 1 British Take Battery and Heavy Howitzers Howitz rs 1 n ny By s British Headquarters In Franco France Aug I Continued on Page 2 I BRITISH ARE BUT 12 MilES fROM CAMBRAI CAMBRA Continued From Page 1 SO In O-In In the capture of ot t the e British took n a battery battory complete In addition addition ad nd- to some sorno 60 prisoners and at I Maurepas one l centimeter lo howitzer and four field guns fell Into their hands according to Information r re received rc- rc c- c here liens A German staff t memorandum lil hi h hl has Just b blen en captured says nay The enemy in is a a. past paRt master at al cloaking hit his Intentions Another document which has haft fallen Into j e k lol n o of th the British h cays says The troops opposite are arc Australians a n powerful type of men o exceedingly IY clever clevel versatile and ancl er very cry enterprising ing The They know Jenow how to creep creel through tho the high crops and rapture capture our out- out posts A characteristic Is that tho the enemy takes few fow ow prisoners hut but bayonets bayonets bay bay- amid and shoots everybody Th The enemy one one- m my lit also abo un understand lI exceedingly h well uell how to plan prepare and carry out large patrol operations Th This The ho hostile Infantry shows great groat dash U by day day- light The extent to which the Australian corps' corps prisoner C cages cs hit have neon wt-cn packed of ot late refutes the charge ch of ot b antI and shooting Tho The same document document doc doc- comments on the this fact that tire the tha enemy airmen are aro absolutely masters of or the air here and far fu are more numerous numerous nu nu- than ours ours That patriotism Is not so Intense In the German army seems to bo tie HU by hy notes In the captured l staff memorandum which tell of ot the action of or the fifth company o of th the Twenty Twenty- second Infantry i regiment refusing to I relieve rello the fourth company compan o on It the ground that the they had lone done their tour of or dut duty In the tho Imo trenches Tho The battalion battalion bat bat- I commander after arter threatening to send them forward forwar under escort appealed to their lr sense 6 of ot duty duly to tho the I II fatherland The rhe notes go o on to so say any I I that several sC men were heard to exclaim ex- ex ex I claim To hell with the ilia 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