A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War

by R. P. P. Rowe

The British make progress toward Cambrai, exerting pressure on the retiring enemy; they capture Ecourt and reach the outskirts of Mœuvres; on the Lys Front they capture Ploegsteert village.

Sept. 5 (Thur.)

The French strike north-east of Noyon towards St. Quentin; on the Soissons Front they reach the Aisne from Condé to Vieil-Arcy.

Sept. 6 (Fri.)

Between the Somme Canal and the Oise the French capture the Autrécourt massif, Ham, and the railway junction at Chauny.

The Germans retreat rapidly from the line of the Somme south of Péronne towards the Hindenburg line from which they launched their offensive on March 21.

Sept. 7 (Sat.)

The German retreat, pressed by the French, towards St. Quentin, La Fère, and Laon continues.

Sept. 9 (Mon.)