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Show WITH THE ANGLO-AMERICAN FORCES SOUTHEAST OF CAMBRAI, CAM-BRAI, Oct. 11. (By the Associated PRESS.) The great battle now being fought in this region Is on a front of nearly thirty miles today,, it having been extended to the north. The British Brit-ish are gaining everywhere. There is I virtually no enemy opposition. The only resistance worth mentioning mention-ing is coming from the enemy machine gunners. The bulk of the enemy artillery artil-lery seems to have lied .so. far east .of the battle grbum!f us to be oUt oT range. Ground Alive With Machine Guns. The high ground on the eight-milo front between St. Hilaire and Le Cateau to the southeast, was found to be alive with machine guns when the British approached and their patrols were held up for some time. North of the Le Cateau-SLHilaire line the Germans are in headlong flight, according to the last report from airplane observers. The Doual salient has been made still deeper and the news that the Germans are beginning, to evacuate that city may be expected at any time. Cambrai is being rapidly left behind in the battle area. As the armies push forward there are nowhere any signs that the Germans intend making a determined de-termined stand, but the British are going a little slower now as it is impossible im-possible for the vast organizations in the rear of the three armies to keep pace, although what has been donej so far will sound almost incredible when it may be told. Up to a late hour last night the British Brit-ish Third army had, within eighteen hours, made an average advance of more than four miles and the Fourth army from one to three miles while the First army northeast of -Cambrai had made general progress of three miles. All the armies were continuing to move eastward. East of Bohain the British are approaching ap-proaching Mennevret and the Andigny forest, while east of Vaux-Andlgny they are drawing closer to Wasslgny. From Lc Cateau which was taken after a struggle, the troops are striking strik-ing in the direction of Bazuel, two and one-half miles southeast of Le Cateau. AMERICANS TAKE MORE TOWNS. LONDON, Oct. 11. American troops operating with the British on the front southeast of Cambrai completed last night the capture of Vaux-Andigny and i L 1 - 1 T7I!U If -1 1 T T f Oi. ouupiei, r ibiu murium cia.i itn- nounced in his official statement today. to-day. The river Selle has been crossed by the British north of Le Cateau. Fighting Fight-ing Is going on in the eastern section of that town. In the region immediately east of Cambrai the British have reached the outskirts of the villages of St. Vaast and St. Aubert. The British are continuing to push forward on the front between Cambrai Cam-brai and liens. They made progress during the night in the direction of Iz-leEquerchiu, five miles of Doual. They are also progressing east of Sal-laumines Sal-laumines and along the northerly bank of the Haute Deule canal east of Lens. FRENCH TROOPS ADVANCING. PARIS, Oct. 11. French troops last night advanced in the region north of the Aisne and captured the towns ofj Chivy and Moulin and then pushed on beyond, the French war office announced an-nounced today. Further east the French are pursuing pursu-ing the Germans who arc in retreat |