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Show Willi III IS n NO LONGER Definite Rupture of the Famed- Defeme One of . Feature of First Day of New Thrust . ' - - n y AMMlitit) Press. PARIS, Oct. 9. Th .Hidden, 'burg line no longer bars the path of the allien. The definite rupture of it wan achieved on thei first day of the fighting in the new development north of the Rscaut. To . Angio-Haxon forces went the honor of storming; the last remnant of the extraordinary mn of defenses between Cambrel and Ht. Quentln. The day's ftjehttna; waa notable also In that the enemy's tosses must have run Into tena of thousands of men during the day's fighting In the various var-ious sectors of the Ions battlefront. In additions Important strategic objects ob-jects were attained. IN OPIN COUNTRY. The si lies now are In ths open country coun-try on the Camhral-St. Quentln front and are threatening Elohain, an Important Im-portant transportation junction, the Americana last night having pushsd within two miles of this plane. Once the master of Bohaln, the allies could take In the rear not only the Laon-81, Laon-81, Go bain massif, hut the llundlng line along the river Berre, which Joins at Chaumont-Pore ten the H run hi Ida line running along the Alsnei OTHIR DEFENef MENACED. All the German positions parallel , to the German frontier, starting In ths east and running as far as La Cape lie, Yervlne and Marie, run ths risk of being raked In. The other arm of the trap which la closing relentlessly on ths Germans, that operated by General Uouraud, a I no has secured Important reeulte. j While attacking ths Bulpne line1 fron tally, General "Oouraud la turning H by marching on Machautt and Junl- i vllle, and haa arrived cluse to the former place. Consequently there is ; every prol ability of his reaching the Hrunhllde line at the time when Its western continuation of the Hundlng line is In danger. VERDUN RELIEVED. To complete the day's work, Franco-American Franco-American forces moved up on. the right flank of the We use. won bsgk places famous In the Verdun strugicTs and got In line with the Americans v the back, who are thus relieved of galling flanking firs which had prevented pre-vented them moving forward. The German poeitlon haa been rendered ren-dered considerably worse as a result of yesterday's fighting. In the opinion of military commentators. General Ludendorff delayed hie general gen-eral retreat so long that, In the view of the critics, hs Is In danger of leading back merely the remnants of his army to ths famous Glacis which protects Germany. |