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Show Cambrai ii Flames and British Breaking ! m&b 'Great Holes in the Hindenburg Line' ; Prince von Buelow, former German imperial chancellor, I may be the vague personality mentioned in recent advices from The Hague as the statesmen who expected to appear as the German "strong man" in the present crisis. It has been an open secret that Germany ' was holding Prince von Buelow, for possible use in the critical period that the making of peace would bring, and the very suggestion that comes now for a man of his type may perhaps be pointed to as indicating that Germany herself is coming to realize that . the-beginning of the end. isratjvind.. - - - . Prince von Buelow has purposely been kept out of the limelight in the war and has taken no part in the political struggles that have arisen in the German empire. It has been .understood that the idea was that he thus should be untram-meled untram-meled by internal differences. . PARIS, Oct. 1 . General Allenb3''s troops are now two -and a half miles from Damascus and French cavalry is advancing ad-vancing on Beyrout, according to Marcel Hutin of the Echo de Paris. Further south on the front between St. Quentin and Cambrai the town of Vendhuil has been taken possession of by the British. PARIS, Oct. 1 French troops were this morning pushing push-ing ahead again on the front between the Aisne and Vesle rivers, according to today's war office report. French attacks in the Champagne are continuing with an important advance scored in the Aisne valley. Binarville and Conde-lez-Audry have been captured. The French have taken more than 13,000 prisoners on the front between the Suippe and the Argonne since September Septem-ber 26 and have captured more than 300 guns in -the same period. A great number of guns were of heavy caliber. LONDON, Oct. 1 . A peace demonstration took place in Berlin on Saturday, according to news received here today. The cheering crowds assembled in front of the Bulgarian legation at the German capital necessitating police intervention. interven-tion. The rioters, according to the information, got the upper hand of the authorities and committed excesses. A number of statues in the Berlin squares were destroyed. (By The sseclfrted Press) Cambrai was in flames today as the British were breaking great holes in the Hindenburg line from Cambrai to St. Quentin. The Germans set fire to Cambrai apparently in the hope of destroying de-stroying th6 great quantity of supplies there before the British could surround sur-round the town which already Is encircled en-circled on three sides. North of St. Quentin the allies have taken Venduil west of Le Catelct. Fur. ther south they have reached a point cast of St. Quentin and have captured l-cvergies. In Belgium King Albert is leading the Belgian and British armies to further fur-ther successes and is rapidly driving into the heart of the network of Ger-hian Ger-hian railroads centered about Ghent, i General Allenby In Palestine has 'thrown his cavalry far to the north of I the Sea of Galilee and they are report-I led to be 2)z miles from the important, railroad junction of Damascus. On the i Mediterranean coast French mounted forces arc approaching Beirut, north -i west of Damascus. French, British. American and Bel-' i gian troops continue their smashes ! against the German defenses, further j increasing the peril to the German ! armies from Verdun to the North sea. I The important bastions of LHIe, Cam-' Cam-' brai, St. Quentin and Laon more and more are becoming of less use to the i Germans. J Cambrai was burning today, having I been set on fire by the Germans while I Field Marshal Haig's forces arc push-1 push-1 ing forward into its suburbs on the j north, west and southwest. Around St. Quentin . the British were extending their iron ring. Betwcert St. Quentin, and Cambrai the British are crossing the Scheldt canal at several points, j having taken Vendhuil on the canal I west of Le Catclet and midway be-I be-I tween Cambrai and St. Quentin. j Northeast of St. Quentin the British , have taken Levergies, east of a point J running north and south through St. , Quentin. . The wedge driven in between the j fortress of Lille and the German sub- marine bases on the Belgian coast is j being widened rapidly. The Belgians jare encircling Roulers on the railway j line from Lille to the submarine bases ' of Ostend and Zcebrugge. Further south the British menace Menin on the same railroad and are along the Lys west of Menin for a distance dis-tance of five miles. The forces under King Albert are on open ground, and it would seem that the railroads forming form-ing andftvithin the triangle of Lille, Ghent and Bruges would soon be lost to the Germans, bringing about the evacuation of Ostend and Zeebrugge. General Berthelot resumed Tuesday morning . his onslaughts against the German lines between the Vesle and the Aisne west of Rheims. The French here are marching toward the eastern end of the Chemin des Dames and the) open country north of Rheims by which Laon can be outflanked. From the Suippe to the Mouse the j French and Americans maintain their strong steady pressure against the German forces defending the important impor-tant communication lines running east to Metzfrom the Laon-St. Quentin region. re-gion. West of the Argonne the French are pressing up the valley of the Aisne toward Challerange and Vou-ziers. Vou-ziers. Since September 26 the French have captured more than 13,000 prisoners pris-oners and in each 300 guns on this front. East of the Argonne the Americans Ameri-cans continue to maintain and improve their positions in the face of strong German resistance. In the last ten days the western battle bat-tle front has seen great changes as the allies have forced their way through j the Hindenburg line. From Nlcuport I the allied line today ran south to Dix-1 Dix-1 mude, southeast to Roulers, south and I west to near Armentleres which is virtually vir-tually surrounded and thence on an arc to near La Bassee. Thence it runs south through the western outskirts of Lens to Gavrclle, where it swings southeast to Blecourt, three miles north of Cambrai. Around Cambrai the British line is Ics6 than a mile from the center of the city. South of Cambrai Cam-brai the St. Quentin canal forms the ilinc until the region southwest of Le Catelet is reached. Between here and 'St. Quentin the British have driven In a sharp salient with its apex at Levergies. Lever-gies. St. Quentin is surrounded north, west and south whenco the French hold an irregular line southward to La Fere. Running along the west edge of the forest of St. Gobain the line strikes the Ailette at Anzy and then runs southeast across the Chemin des Dames and along the Olse-Alsne canal can-al to the Vesle at Jonchery. Thence to St. Marie-a-Py. Past Rheims the line runs east, West of Suippe there is a salient with Its apex at Monthols. Crossing the Argonne south of Grand-pre Grand-pre the line runs northeastward to the Meuse at Brieullcs. From the Meuse to the Swiss border there has been little change. Cambrai on Fire. LONDON, Oct.. 1. Under thelhreat of capture by the 'British thcitwdt Cambrai has been -'set on rer bjlhe r Germans, Field Marshal Haig-reported j in his official statement. British troops last night continued their closing-in movement on Cambrai. Cam-brai. They captured Preville to the west of the city, and Tilloy, close b'y on the northwest. North of St. Quentin the British wedge has been thrust"' still further into German-hold territory and the town oi Leiergics has been captured. LONDON," Opt. 1. Via Montreal) Bulgaria, during the discues'ron over the armistice at Saloniki, indicated she was not averse to attacking Turkey, according to reliable news received in London, Router's limited, states today. Bulgaria explained, hovever, that she could only act militarily in this connection with the Allies. r ! 3elgiar.s Progress on Whole Line. I j LONDON, Oct. 1. Continued pro- 'gross on he whole front in Bolgium; yesterday is recorded in the Belgian! j official statement issued this morning.! ! The statement says that Amersweld i and Oosnieuwerke have been carried I and Belgian troops havo nfossed the ' Zarren-Boulers" and the RormfrMen- in roads at several points. j Belgians and British Advancing j HAVRE, Monday, SepL 30 Belgian land British forces under command of I King Albert continued today to make good progress and reached the environs envir-ons of Roulers and crossed the Roulers Roul-ers -Menin road. The official statement state-ment of the Belgian war office says i that tho British forces have reached i the liver .LoXaoniJ'inmnipav ; ton to Wervicq.t ' ' ! The number of prisoners was further fur-ther increased but it has not been pos-i pos-i sible to count them, I Belgian Official War Report. ! HAVRE, Sept. 30. The Belgian official of-ficial statement reads: "The allied and Belgian troops under the command of King Albert made j further progress in spite of attempts to che'ek them. "The Belgian army supported by French forces, pushed their line forward for-ward two kilometers east of-Zarren, captured Stadensette, reached the approaches ap-proaches to Roulers and crossed the Roulers-Moniu high road. "The army of General Plummer in spite of heavy counter-attacks near Gheluwe, threatens Menin and has reached the river Lys on a line from Warnoton through Comines to Wer-vicq Wer-vicq (a front of five miles). "Additional prisoners and cannon were captured." CAMBRAI BATTLE RESUMED. LONDON, Oct. 1 The battle was resumed re-sumed this morning in the Cambrai-St. Quentin sector. The text of the statement reads: "Our attack north of St Quentin continued yesterday afternoon.' We captured Levergies after sharp fight ing. "Farther north we progressed toward to-ward Joncourt and gained possession of Vendhuil. English and Canadian troops are closing in upon Cambrai and yesterday captured Proville and Tilloy in the face of strong resistance. "Cambrai has Been set on fire by the enemy. "This morning fighting began again , north of St. Quentin and in the Cambrai Cam-brai sector." ! French Advance in Champagne. PARIS, Oct 1. The text of the I French official statement reads: "Our progress resumed this morning! between the Aisne and the' Vesle. "In tho Champagne the French troops continued their attack and completed com-pleted their success yesterday evening. On the right they realized an impor-J tant advance in the valley of the Aisne capturing Binarville and Conde-lez-' Audry. Numerous prisoners were taken 1 and considerable material captured, i "Since September 26 more than 13,-000 13,-000 prisoners have been captured be-j tween the Suippe and the Argonne. In j the same period moro than 300 guns of which a great number were of heavy caliber, fell into our possession." BULGARIAN FORCtS CUT IN TWO. LONDON, Oct. 1. In tho region east of Voles Serbian troops severely defeated de-feated tho Bulgarians near Charevo, six miles from the Bulgarian frontier. The Serbian official statement of Monday Mon-day reports that the Bulgarian forces were cut into two parts. BRITISH FAIL WITH HEAVY LOSS. BERLIN, Oct. 1, via London. A supplemental sup-plemental official statement issued by the war office late last night, reads: "In Flanders the day was generally quieter. "Renewed mass attacks by the British Brit-ish against and on both sides of Cambrai Cam-brai failed with heavy losses to the enemy. In the evening engagements developed west of Le Catelet. MIn the Champagne French partial attacks were repulsed as wero attacks by Americans east of - the "'Argonne forest,? . .-- . f . ; ... |