Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-09 | Page 4 | Americans Join in Great Attack

AMERICANS JOIN IN GREAT ATTACK. The Britih armie? attacked in a converging operation in a northeasterly direction. The fourth army, with which the Americans wore co-operutine. attacked at-tacked at a jrap iu the last H indenl'iirc system au.l tor mile on hoth sides, while the third nrmv was in action up to Cam brai. attacking aion the continuation con-tinuation of the Boa Lire voir-Mcwii ere? line, both on the front and in a turning movement. So. it would appear that the ireneral idea is to smash down the Hindenburi syetem completely on a j broad front, enabling operations to bet carried out to the eat of it. j The first phase of the attack. bc:in about '2 o'clock in the morning, when the infantry with the as-istunce of an inten-e barrage stormed t he hi-h eround immediately south of t'ambrai. where the Cam brai-1 'ermine ra it road runs aloncr. Special attention was l''ou j to other hih rmnid in t he .-nut horn I outskirts of Cam brai. the town i known to be strongly nernpied bv The enemy. - j Already British forces north of the town hftvo r-iie weil to the eastward, j so that success at the soiitii should ur.-i ur.-i doubtedly result in squeezing it into I British hands.