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Show THIRTY MILES OF f l FRONTSMASHED Ij Southern Portion of Long I j Heralded Impregnable Ger- I ? man Bulwark Gives Way. 1 (By the Associated Press) I jl 0er a front of thirtv' miles from H'-'', th-; ieglon-ot Ar.-.is to Pcronne, Field 9 Mirthal Halg's forces have literally lffii .smashed tho Ocrcinn front W: The southe-i por'm of tho famous K ' Drcourt-Qucijit swich lino which had 1 ! b ; heralded as the Impregnable 1ml- ll j wark of tho German defense in the M north, has given way under the vio- B : lenco of the British onslaught over its H 1 entire front from tho Scarpo river to mf' Queant, a distance of about ten miles. SL f Monday night tho Canadian and Eng- jj lish troops were pursuing the enemy M i some three miles to tho east. cm i- ! Thousands of prisoners have been ujj ' i takon. At last accounts tho enemy was jg ! fighting violently as he gave ground W ' toward the Canal du Nord. By this victory seemingly is ended yj , j the menace of the Hindenburg line 9 j j to tho south which the British are fl gradually aDDroachlntr. Alrnadv Ihor- a!'! oughly outflanked on tho north an6 ffllfl with the French well upon its south- MlU crn base, military necessity apparent- l ly will require that the Germans re- Mi linqulsh the Hindenburg fortifications ml and realign their front from Flanders M to Rhoims in order to avert disaster. 9j Allies Invest Important Roads Already the roads to Douai, Cam- ShL brai and St. Quentin aro thoroughly invested by the British and French M armies, while north of Solssons the jj' French and Americans are In posses- jl sion of the vantage from which they M carry out turning movements which Vm J will outflank Laon and the , Chemin HL j des Dames and Aisne lines. The sit- ay ij I uation of tho enemy, viewed from the Hrj war maps, Is the most perilous he has ' ' yet been in. , M,' Added to tho troublos of the Ger- & ( man high command is the situation Eh that is fast developing in Flanders, in Hf. the region around Ypres, where the f& , Germans daily are being forced out of their positions by the British and jjflfr American troops. All over this sector SB : steady progress is being made east- M ward in the blotting out of the salient 9 that has long existed there. The Americans, who took Voormezeele i ' Sunday now are well into the region lit 1 east of the town, having overcome the W li strong resistance of the Germans who S ' endeavored to bar their way. A few ' more strides by Haig's men in this ffl regfon and Armentiercs will be within (1 I striking distance. After Armentieres K ft it is but a step to Lille. js 'Hard Fighting Around Pcronne m Hard fighting has been in progress 9J between the British and Germans jl j around Peronne, where the Austral- jl , ians successfully withstood violent at- jffi I tacks and have taken several thousand Jh j prisoners. Between Peronne and Ea- m paume the Germans have imposed w strong opposition to the British but jS i the St Pierre Vaast wood, Le Trans- ijj ; loy and Allalnes and Haut-Allaines all Sjjjj have been successfully carried. jm . On the southern end of the front the il ' j French ijhave made another important H crossing of the Canal du Nord, this H time east of Nesle, which passes them (fj p well on the road to Ham, the last re- W I maining Important junction point in M the Somme-Oisc sector with lines jjr . leading from it to St. Ouentin and La l A Fere. Ml Americans Make Important Gains North of Soissons equally important progress has been made. Hero, where ' the Americans are in line with the jij ! French, gains have bqen made on the .1 plateau cast of Crecy-au-Mont and ? ': Juvigny and the villages of Leuilly and ' I Terry Sorny have been taken, not- Jg 'j withstanding stubborn resistance. f These gains, if they are continued, j.! seemingly cannot but result shortly in u ,; the enemy withdrawing; northwarth 15 k from the Veslc river positions he holds ' j and reconstructing his entire front to ( ' Rheims. Americans Cut Through Wire im, WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN :jr! FRANCE, Sept 2. S p. m. (By the As- f soclatcd Press) The American troops M (. reached the embankments of the Beth- yA, une-Solssons roadway late Sunday tjjb, night by literally cutting their way M t through acre after acre of barbed wire lij the work of two great armies. In 3jI gaining the road'the Americans passed m r over great open places consisting of 'M i an immense net work of wire. wj Germans Burning Supplies SuL WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN L FRANCE, Sept. 2. (By the Associated JSj F Press) Huge fires which were seen j I in the direction of Vauxalllon north- 'a I east of Soissons at 3 o'clock this at- u 1 ternoon indicated that the enemy was jjsF burning his supplies. There is said to 'IS 1 bo nothing else inflammable in that m v region. ay I Today's successes completed the conquest of the Soissons plateau, which will compel tho Germans to re- ij tire to the Chemin des Dames, which ja Itself is menaced by the French ad- 1 j vanced toward Vauxaillon. nB j, |