Show t. t AIG SMASHES HUN LINE LIN 11 II i t PRISONERS TAKEN TAKE British and andA i A Make Gains St. St Quentin Sector in lical ly lr Stage for Nc Offensive by Third l and l Armies Armi cs I l Trench French Also Are 10 re Victorious LO T ONDON DON Sept 18 The lS-The The British ha have ha tc penetrated the enemy's defense n northwest of St. St Quentin to a n depth of three e miles and aud captured more than GOOD prisoners Field FicIcI Marshal reported tonight The British have captured Petit lc Berth and Pontru Pon Port I tru tnt and the Australians have ha occupied Lc La Yer g cr 1 and l court ourt The high ground south of has bas been carried by the British Brit ish who reached the outskirts of Guislain fillers and anti occupied Gauch wood Le Lc Guerard Ronssoy and have ha also been taken the troops pell penetrating penetrating- to a great depth along llon the line The statement reads At 3 o'clock his morning the troops of the Third and J Fourth British Brit Brit- I ish isle armies attacked t e with ith complete c success on a fro front t of o about sixteen mil miles TL irom of om oe to On tho the whole of this front our troops advancing nd in bea heavy storms of rain carried the positions by assault Sweeping over O the old British trench system of March 1018 1918 thc the re ched and captured the outer defenses of the g line in in with wid sectors Strong Hostile Resistance Is Overcome U On On the right di divisions composed of English and Scottish troops cap cap- lured Petit lc Petit and md Pontru meeting with and overcooling over u cooling strong strong- hostile resistance particularly in the extreme right of oui oU attack In Tn the right rig center two Australian divisions captured the villages of ofLe ofLe Le Lc V cr Villeret and Hargicourt court Pu Pushing hing- hing forward with great determination they established themselves them them- selves elves el e in the old German advanced positions west and south southwest t of Bellicourt Belli Belli- court having ing penetrated the thc enemy's to a depth of or three miles In In the tho left center the 7 yeomanry division ision and outer other division divisio composed of East County and London troops captured Le Guerard rd Hon oy Hons-oy oy E hy and also pen penetrating to n a great depth North Korth of the 1st division attacked over o the tho northern gar por tion lion of the sector defended ed by it with so o much moult gallantry on the time nn nm tl of March Having ing ing captured its old front trenches s to together with tit tin strong strong- point known as ns farm and beaten off a hostile counterattack counterattack counter counter- attack it pushed forward for more than a n mile beyond this line linc capturing several sc hundred prisoners and a German battery complete with its teams it in the course of its advance On the thc left of our attack other Eu English lish and Welsh troops carnet the remainder of tho the hi ugh h ground round south of reaching the out outskirts outskirts skirts skirls of Gu Guislain Tillers and capturing capturing- Gauche wood H Over O GOOD prisoners and a number of guns runs have been captured b bour our troops in the course coarse of these successful operations Advance on British Right Eight ight Paris Sept The Thc IS The F French attack on ou the Jt jg of or the British in th thi St. St Quentin sector resulted in m in an nn a advance ce of a n mile and a along s six mile front according g to the thc war n. n office announcement tonight ht Berlin Says Main l Defense Line Holds Berlin via Ia London Sept IS The S-The The Germans are counterattacking against tho the British who tho the they admit havo hao enL entered en- en L red the tho Germans Germans' positions bel between ana ano ln the tho rivulet according according- to the statement from headquarters headquarters head head- quarters this evening The statement says An French Anglo lo attacks were carried c out on a wide w trout front from Hn wood to tho Sam me Counterattacks our enemies ene- ene arc are now pro progressing against mies who penetrated In tho the center of ot the battle field between and rivulet On the rest relSt of or the tho front enemy nem attacks at- at attacks at nt- tacks failed We Vo are arc fighting everywhere everywhere every every- where west wesl of our old Siegfried fried positions LIon a 1 Attack Proves Pro Shan Sharp I Surprise to Enemy British Headquarters In to the Field Sept IS IS This mornings morning attack ex extending extending ex- ex tending Crom tont south of or to the tho Junction of our right flank with tho rho French arm army carried the lino line well and outpost tone ono into tho the enemy brought us nearer the system SS S'S system tem over a wide stretch The fhe country hereabout consisting of little ridges sullies gullies and ami woods wood len lends s Itself to the theca Germans German are arc arc c which tho the ca elastic clastic tlc defense employing Tho rho attack attack l probably bl sU surprised 1 the I enemy the night being bens favorable to the assembly of or troops and the preliminary barrage being short The Intense attack at attack nt- nt stages as av It tack moved by progressive o was waa necessary to pause pauso while the enemy poc were cleared out Reports from the French arc nrc that thal I In conform conform- conformity progressing well the they arc are ity with our own advance especially in inthe inthe in inthe the region of 0 Savy wood The news n- n during durin tho the early carly hours was wa when tho the aton at- at rain was falling tary tury a as on Page Pae 2 r BRITISH MAKE GAINS TOWARD ST ST. QUENTIN Continued from pago paro 1 1 I tack was launched and amI all air plane observation ono of oC the tho sources of or early In Intelligence In- In was was Impossible The weather er Cr has Jias since improved 0 1 Progress reil lo In reported at nan man many places and prisoners are coming In Arizona Boy Bags 9 Balloons ill 3 Days lly liS' Associated ctt Hd 1 With the American Army n the Lorraine Lorraine Lorraine Lor Lor- raine Front Sept Sc 18 Three 18 Three enemy balloons were wele destroyed last ni night ht by F. F Luke Jr of oC Phoenix Ariz on ona ona a 1 flight Into the German lines ThIs makes his total nine balloons In three 1 lays days aI With T J. J F. F 1 of Everett E Mass rass Luke eft left his airdrome at dusk and crossed the line Within thirty thirty- C five o minutes the American aviators u had completed their work of or destruction jand and the flames am s could be seen from Crom the American airdrome I Ono One other balloon b was destroyed yesterday yesterday yes yes- st s- s t rda and till ee more are ale believed to have been shot down but tho the reports have not bc been n confirmed Bad Dad weather bombing however and tho the only observation possible was the ad ad j Justn ent of or artillery fire 1 I j I I I Huns HUlls Blame Defeat on oil Armored i Tanks 1 Amsterdam Sept IS The Thc The Frankfort correspondent telegraphs the thc following from tho the west front under I date of or September 16 Tho The Franco American attack at St SI Is now seen to havo been a a. carefully planned undertaking undertaking- of considerable considerable con con- magnitude e Tho Ih number of oC attacking cne enemy divisions Is not yet yot yott at 1 known for tor or certain but W we know that j lour t our losses In prisoners w were re due to tho the extensive use UlC b by tho the enemy of tanks More than 1000 armored cars of all sizes participated One of our divisions counted In Its Us sector alone sixty large and Cort forty small tanks Troops who hold out Iut stoutly In their p are arc always liable to be surrounded d tJ by this mobile army German Sergeant t tr r Welcomes Americans eans l ty 1 ervice With ith tho American Army Arm In France Sept 18 A 18 A German moss sergeant seeIng seeing see see- I ing the Jig v was as up prepared a welcome wel wel- come for the thc oncoming oncoming- Americans Americana In I true Conc Coney Island f fashion 1 set et up on a counter Ho Ito had a 3 hugo huge cheese which he cut In slIces Jl making cheese sandwiches sand sand- and serving them wi with th beer when the doughboys ou hbo's arrived One of our OUI patrols last night wiped I out a party part of ot German noncommissioned I officers r who were attending ln an officers officers' school at Conflans The They had been sent out to tosH get experience in the battle line Wo Vo capture l five o and killed seven sc Five U. U S. S Airplanes Reported Missing l Washington Sept IS FIve IS Five American Amen Ameri can planes ar are missing missing- as a a. result of an attack b by a superior German force torce during a. a bombing expedition In Lorraine Lor Lor- raine name General P Pershing- Pershing reported In today's received tonight lJ by the war department With Uh the exception of ot artillery ac activity activity ac- ac H In Lorraine and Alsace the American sectors remain Inactive Germans Harass Yanks Wi With l Gas With tho the American Arm Army In Lorraine S Sept pt 18 The Tho Tho Germans last night shelled the town of Thiaucourt and again attempted to harass the American Ameri Amen can troops in Watronville atron Manheulles Saulx Haumont arid and Combres s with hea heavy bun gunfire Ire and gas Rome Reports Foe Is Driven Back Homo nomo Sept Kept IS The IS-The The official statement state state- ment mont from Italian headquarters today sa says say ys North orth of or Monte Grappa Grapp five lye enem enemy counterattacks In III n an effort to retake ground at tho the head he-ad of the Seron Senon valley vat val alle le icy ley were repulsed Tho The number of or prisoners taken In minor operations between valley valle and Col Cot del delOrso delOrso delOrso Orso yesterday morning was 4 41 12 Twenty machine guns re also taken On the slopes lopea of ot Monte Monto southeast of or Marl Mori there was lively lighting between reconnoitering par par- ties tics In the Ordic Ordle valley valle a hostile outpost outpost out out- p post st was captured The enemy artillery was particularly particularly larl active acUe along tho the in the region and n near ar Vienna Claims That Italians Ar Are Ar Repulsed Vienna Sept IS 18 yin Via London Ital ItaI Ital Italian ian forces delivered five attacks y yes yesterday cs on tho the Ta ridge on th the Italian mountain front but were driven drive back hack each cach time according to today's war office statement I I The he statement reports likewise the tho repulse e of Italian attacks In Albania near the coast The Austrian lines In Inland Inland Inland In- In land on Oil thIe front have been pushed forward to tho the south of oC tho Berat ridges the report add adds Y Ir M. M C. C A. A Foll Follows rs Men l to to Firing Line Paris Sept 18 The The emergency di division division dl- dl vision of oC the thO Y M r C C. A A. A Is keeping In close touch with the tho combat troops In Inthe Inthe Inthe the St SL sector where hero several hundred secretaries aro are working night and dl day t Among Amon those who have been most moat active e IB la Maud I. I Warren of Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- ca cago o who calm calmly I made maee soup soun fx for r the tho troops while under I Dr Oscar Lambert of ot Oakdale Cal Cal and Harr Harry farr Rodgers of or St St. Louis kept a machine gun un company compan on an the firing line supplied with hot chocolate I |